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Lawyer: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty
DENVER – The Colorado parents who reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon will plead guilty to some charges in an attempt to keep the family together, the attorney for the boy's father said Thursday. Richard Heene will plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a felony, his attorney David Lane said. Mayumi Heene — a Japanese citizen who could have been deported if convicted of more serious charges — will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor, he said.Mom told deputies balloon saga was hoax
Affidavit: Mom told deputies balloon saga was hoax
Police Accuse Parents Of "Balloon Boy" Of Perpetrating Hoax
By DAN ELLIOTT
DENVER – The mother of the 6-year-old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents released Friday.
Mayumi Heene told sheriff's deputies that she and her husband Richard "knew all along that Falcon was hiding in the residence" in Fort Collins, according to an affidavit used to get a search warrant for the home.
She allegedly told investigators the incident was a hoax meant to make them more marketable to the media.
Colorado sheriff: Runaway balloon saga was hoax
Colorado sheriff: Runaway balloon saga was hoax
Experimental Balloon Takes Flight Purportedly With Boy Aboard
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A sheriff says a Colorado couple's report that their 6-year-old son was in a balloon that was hurtling away from their home was a publicity stunt.
Sheriff Jim Alderden says Richard and Mayumi Heene "put on a very good show for us, and we bought it."
Deputies chase boy floating in balloon aircraft
Authorities were trying to determine Thursday how to safely bring down a 6-year-old boy who reportedly clambered into his family's experimental balloon-powered aircraft and floated away from home, sheriff's officials said.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Department said the boy's family had been building an experimental aircraft that had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home, KUSA-TV reported. The aircraft was approximately 20 feet by 5 feet and covered in tin foil, the station said.
Couple charged in Tori Stafford murder
Some Canadian content for you guys... I'm not sure if any of you have heard about the disappearance of Tori Stafford, but there were some fairly significant developments in her disappearance today. If any of you watch America's Most Wanted, you might have seen her featured.Simon Cowell on his nastiness: I hated watching myself
Simon Cowell didn’t seem so nasty when he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday. After viewing a reel of his harshest critiques from this season’s American Idol — among his greatest hits were, “You sounded like Dolly Parton on helium” and “It was a bit like ordering a hamburger and only getting a bun”, the sometimes nasty judge told Ellen DeGeneres, “That was like slightly, harshly edited there,” but conceded, “I must admit watching myself back I hated myself.” Although DeGeneres said she usually agrees with him, she feels Cowell can go “too far.” To his own defense, he said, “This is just the way the music business is. When you’re performing in front of 25 to 30 million people and you’re not making the effort to make your self into a star I don’t think you’re doing yourself any favors so that’s why I said it.” But the two TV personalities did agree on one thing: rocker David Cook will take the Idol crown.Found Balloons but no priest. :( LOL
Rescuers searching for a Brazilian priest who was attempting a world ballooning record have found a cluster of his brightly coloured inflatables floating miles out to sea - but no sign of the missing man.
The Roman Catholic priest took off on Sunday strapped to 1,000 helium-filled party balloons in a bid to break a 19-hour flight record and raise money to build a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, southern Brazil.
Emergency services spotted the balloons last night, raising hopes that Father Adelir Antonio di Carli would be found clinging to them, but crews were disappointed when they reached the multi-coloured debris in shark-infested waters.
Honey, will you marry... Oh. Never mind... (Yahoo: Reuters)
Fri Mar 14, 10:48 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.
The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.
Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon.
Honey, will you marry... Oh. Never mind...
LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.
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The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.
Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon.
The Secret World of Pharmaceutical Trial Subjects
Source: Wired magazine - May 2007
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.05/feat_drugtest.html
Drug Test Cowboys: The Secret World of Pharmaceutical Trial Subjects
By Josh McHugh
Every year, millions of volunteers participate in clinical trials in return for quick cash. A few turn pro. Welcome to the guinea pig underground.
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