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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....

'Balloon Boy' Parents Sentenced to Jail

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Dec. 23) - The parents who pulled the balloon boy hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show were sentenced to jail Wednesday - 90 days for him, 20 days for her - and barred from profiting from their newfound celebrity status for the next four years. Choking back tears, Richard Heene apologized in...

Heene's Kiddie Video: 'Let's Play in Boxes'

Long before his 6-year-old became known as "Balloon Boy," Richard Heene was urging kids to play in cardboard boxes, much like young Falcon was supposedly doing last Thursday, when authorities feared for the boy's life. In an obscure, self-produced children's video provided to AOL News, the 48-year-old handyman,...