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balloon boy today show stories: 8 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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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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