US parents in bizarre 'balloon boy' hoax granted pardon

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Two Colorado parents jailed for falsely claiming their six-year-old son Falcon had floated away in a home-made balloon shaped like a flying saucer have been granted pardons by the western US state's governor. Richard and Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty in 2009 to the "balloon boy" hoax, which became a worldwide media sensation with...