Dec 23rd, 2009 · The parents who perpetrated the "balloon boy" hoax were sentenced to jail Wednesday in Colorado. Richard and Mayumi Heene will both spend time behind bars. They will be on probation for years afterward, and barred from profiting from the spectacle during that time.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · Richard Heene was ordered to serve 90 days in jail, and his wife, Mayumi, got 20 days in an alternative sentencing program. The judge, who accused the couple of exploiting their children in a bid for a reality TV show, also gave them four years' probation.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · "Balloon boy" parents Richard and Mayumi Heene are sentenced.
Dec 12th, 2009 · Illinois plans to release up to 1,000 nonviolent offenders before they've served their full sentences in an effort to cut ballooning prison costs. Corrections officials say a careful screening process and post-release treatment and monitoring programs are important provisions of the new plan.
Dec 11th, 2009 · The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released 10 red weather balloons across the country and offered $40,000 to the first group to locate them all. Riley Crane, of MIT, explains how his team bagged the prize by locating the balloons in fewer than nine hours.
Nov 27th, 2009 · Up, the smash-hit animated adventure about a grouchy elderly man, a chubby scout, a 13-foot bird and a house borne aloft by balloons, is now out on DVD. Director and screenwriter Pete Docter talks about the joys of researching and creating animated films.
Nov 13th, 2009 · The parents of a Colorado boy who came to be known worldwide as the "balloon boy" after his parents led authorities to believe he'd floated away in a silver helium balloon pleaded guilty to criminal charges Friday.
Nov 13th, 2009 · Richard Heene pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge and his wife, Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the case involving a fraudulent report of a boy trapped in a runaway balloon.