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balloon boy throws up stories: 9 news summaries

Balloon Boy Dad Called TV Station, Then Police

Richard Heene called station with helicopter

Oct 17, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A detail that's sure to bolster hoax-believers in the odd tale of balloon boy: Turns out dad Richard Heene phoned a TV news station that had a helicopter before calling 911 after learning that 6-year-old Falcon had supposedly drifted off in a flying saucer-shaped helium balloon. Though Heene's first phone... More »

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Child-Protection Office
Eying Balloon Family

Cops to re-interview Heenes as hoax suspicions rise

Oct 17, 09 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colorado child-protection officers have spoken to the sheriff's office about the Heene family following Thursday's bizarre balloon incident, said Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, who hopes an investigation will follow. Police plan to re-interview the family today following a CNN interview in which 6-year-old Falcon said he hid in an... More »

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WATCH IT

 Balloon Boy  
 Throws Up 
 on Today, 
 GMA, as Dad 
 Denies Hoax 

Falcon Heene vomits twice on-air during morning show rounds

Oct 16, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Heene family made the morning show rounds today, denying that the “Balloon Boy” saga and search for assumed-missing son Falcon was a publicity stunt. “I went through such a rollercoaster of emotions yesterday, to have people say that, I think is extremely pathetic,” dad Richard told... More »

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UPDATED

 Was Balloon Boy Stunt a Hoax? 

Falcon Heene tells CNN 'we did this for the show'

Oct 16, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An apparent "slip" by Falcon Heene has fueled frenzied internet speculation that yesterday's balloon hoohah was a publicity stunt orchestrated by his family. When his dad asked him during a CNN interview with the family why the 6-year-old didn't come out of the attic when people were calling his... More »

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HIS 15 MINUTES, YOUR $17.95

 Web Quick to Churn Out 
 Balloon Boy Souvenir 

Internet entrepreneurs quick to milk Falcon Heene's 15 minutes for own gain

Oct 15, 09 10:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if anyone doubted the internet-meme potential of today’s Colorado balloon episode … well, there’s a T-shirt for that. Internet entrepreneurs are already on Zazzle.com with a cartoon of the craft at one point thought to be carrying 6-year-old Falcon Heene, with the caption “Go Falcon,... More »

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WHY THE ATTIC, FALCON?

 Balloon Boy: 
 'I Thought 
 I Would Get 
 In Trouble' 

Falcon Heene took off for the attic after dad yelled at him earlier

Oct 15, 09 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Colorado 6-year-old we all thought we were watching in that balloon today was hiding in the family attic after his dad yelled at him for getting in a box of batteries. “He scared me, and he yelled at me,” Falcon Heene told a jammed news conference. “... More »

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 Missing Boy Is Fine: 
 He Was Hiding in Garage 

6-year-old set off frantic search after hot-air balloon took off

Oct 15, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(AP) - A 6-year-old Colorado boy thought to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his home—hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic. Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news conference and gave a thumbs up. "He's at the house."... More »

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Search On
for Balloon's Missing Box

No sign of boy; adventurous family
was on Wife Swap

Oct 15, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A troubling twist in the search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, thought to have floated away in his father's homemade balloon near Denver: He may have crawled into a box attached to the bottom of the balloon before it accidentally lifted off from his family's back yard. That box wasn't attached... More »

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(AP) - A 6-year-old boy is missing after he supposedly floated away in his father's homemade balloon over the skies of Denver. The craft came down about 3:30pm, after two hours in the air, but the youngster wasn't inside. His fate remains unclear, and it's possible that he fell out during... More »

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