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Opinion: Reality Show Talk Tarnishes Sunderland's Achievement

(June 15) -- There's a mountain bike race in Leadville, Colo., the nation's highest incorporated town. It's 100 miles of nonstop pain, starting at 10,000 feet above sea level and finishing, unbelievably, 3,000 feet higher. And what do the brave souls who compete in the Leadville 100 get for completing this epic feat of...

Balloon Boy Mom's Interviews Contradict Husband

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Jan. 23) - A newly released video shows the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported to be in a runaway balloon finally acknowledging to authorities it was all a hoax - contrary to her husband's repeated public denials just before reporting to jail. The video interviews obtained by the Fort Collins...

Father in Balloon Boy Hoax Reports to Jail

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Jan. 11) -- The Colorado man who admitted orchestrating the balloon boy hoax reported to jail Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence. Richard Heene pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant after the Oct. 15 saga that captivated a national television audience. But Heene now says he...

Father Denies 'Balloon Boy' Spectacle Was Hoax

(Jan. 7) -- A man who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax by falsely reporting that his son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon maintains in an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live" that the incident was not part of a plan for fame. Richard Heene pleaded guilty in November to a felony count of attempting...

2009's Top 10 Scandals

(Dec. 28) -- Corrupt politicians, cheaters, hypocrites, creeps, con artists and publicity hounds. That reads like any other year's roster of people behaving badly. A beauty pageant, a state dinner, the Appalachian Trail, a golf club, a funny-looking balloon -- plus a bunch of kids. All of that sounds downright wholesome....

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07/10/11 Coulter: 'Casey Anthony -- single mom of the year!' Source: The St. Augustine Record - St. Augustine FL How many months of man-hours did Florida police spend searching for little Caylee Anthony back in 2008, while her mother, Casey Anthony, knew exactly where the child's body was?