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Balloon Boy Dad Gets the Itch to Sell Back Scratchers

(Oct. 28) -- Richard Heene has got the itch to return to the public eye, but this time he's not sending his kid up in a crazy balloon. Now, he's selling "Bear Scratch," a post that attaches to an interior or exterior wall that allows humans to scratch an itchy back the same way bears do in the wild. "If you itch like a...

NYC UFOs: Yup, They Were Just Balloons

(Oct. 15) -- Not every person who sees a UFO is filled with hot air, but the unidentified flying objects spotted over Manhattan on Wednesday were apparently just a bunch of lost balloons. So says Angela Freeman of the Milestone School, which is in the New York City suburb of Westchester County. "UFO? They're crazy --...

I Blame Myself for 'Balloon Boy' Hoaxer's Rise

(Oct. 14) -- Today marks the one-year anniversary of Richard Heene's attempt to hoax the world by making it look as if his son, Falcon, had sneaked aboard a helium balloon that then broke free of its tether and floated over Fort Collins, Colo., in hopes of landing a reality series. For most people, that was the first time...

'Balloon Boy' Anniversary: Lesson Learned?

(Oct. 14) -- Rewind to one year ago: We watched, transfixed, as a giant silver balloon hurtled across the sky, chased by aircraft and vehicles on the ground. Inside was an undoubtedly terrified 6-year-old boy. The nation held its breath. And then exhaled in a giant sigh of disgust as it slowly became clear the whole...

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...

Richard Heene News From the Web

05/23/12 Hanna Visits Taylor Rental Source: ABC/NBC - NewsChannel 34 WIVT/WBGH - Binghamton NY The owner of Taylor Rental of Vestal will be speaking to a Congressional Committee next week about the challenges of running a small business.
05/23/12 Rep. Hanna Facing Challenges from Left and Right Source: FOX - WICZ 40 - Binghamton NY Tuesday morning, Republican Representative Richard Hanna was in Homer for "Coffee with the Congressman".
05/22/12 Freshmen who vowed change spent millions of tax... Source: Ithaca Journal - Ithaca NY Republican freshmen who came to Congress last year promising to transform Washington's free-spending culture are no different from most other lawmakers in at least one respect: They mailed out millions of taxpayer-funded fliers and brochures during their first year in office.
05/22/12 Coffee with Congressman Hanna Source: FOX - WICZ 40 - Binghamton NY Tuesday morning, Republican Representative Richard Hanna was in Homer for "Coffee with the Congressman".
05/21/12 22nd Congressional District candidate Dan Lamb makes... Source: NBC - WKTV News Channel 2 - Utica NY 48 year old Dan Lamb of Dryden, in Tompkins County, is the democratic candidate for the 22nd Congressional District race in New York State.

Background on Richard Heene

The balloon boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado, when Richard and Mayumi Heene allowed a gas balloon filled with helium to float away into the atmosphere, and then claimed that their six-year-old son Falcon was inside it.

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