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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...

Bird Brains Compete for 'Turkey of the Year'

Just how did the turkey -- a bird native to North America -- become synonymous with thoughtless, annoying people, so often overstuffed with jive? Let's face it, some of our nominees for 2009 Turkey of the Year wouldn't be welcome at any Thanksgiving dinner. So, with no further ado, let's look at some of the year's most...

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,...

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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.