The Associated Press: 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.

Update: Balloon Landed Little Boy Wasn’t In It PHOTOS, Videos

Choking back tears, Richard Heene apologized in court for the frenzy he caused when he claimed his 6-year-old son Falcon had floated away in a giant helium balloon shaped like a flying saucer.

Falcon Heene, The Boy in the Balloon, Video, Photos

“I’m very, very sorry. And I want to apologize to all the rescue workers out there, and the people that got involved in the community,” said the 48-year-old Heene, a UFO-obsessed backyard scientist who turned to storm-chasing and reality TV after his Hollywood acting career bombed.

The sentencing was the culmination of a saga that transfixed the nation in October with the sight of the silvery balloon hurtling through the sky on live television. In the end, it was all a publicity stunt by a family broke and desperate for attention and money after networks kept rejecting their reality TV show pitches.  Read full story here

Related Strange News:

Tareq and Michaele Salahi Party Crashers

A couple of would-be reality TV stars crashed a state dinner Tuesday evening at the White House, rubbing shoulders with Vice-President Joe Biden and CBS news anchor Katie Couric.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi not only gatecrashed the party being thrown to honour Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, they also wrote and posted photos of the event online.

The Salahis, said to be part of the Virginia horse-country set, are under consideration for the Bravo reality TV show Real Housewives of D.C.

Fame-seeking couple crash Obamas’ dinner

Falcon Heene, The Boy in the Balloon, Video, Photos

Update: Balloon Landed Little Boy Wasn’t In It PHOTOS, Videos

Meghan McCain Spicy Twitter Photo

Archive BREAKING NEWS:  Thursday afternoon, it was reported that a 6-year-old Colorado boy named Falcon Heene was accidentally carried away, by himself, in an experimental aircraft made by his parents that could have taken him as high as 10,000 feet.  Read full story here

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