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...have evidence to indicate it was a publicity stunt," said sheriff Alderden on Sunday afternoon at a news conference in Fort Collins, Colo., "done with the hope of marketing themselves to a reality-television show sometime in the future." Officials had interviewed the parents and children separately, searched the home and computers and financial records. But by then we already knew. We had watched the family ricochet from one talk show to the next like marbles in the pinball machine, tripping the lights, ringing the bells, savoring the spotlight until the moment on Larry King Live when Richard asked Falcon...
...shot out some of the balloons. His descent was anything but graceful as the balloons struck power lines on the way down, blacking out a stretch of Long Beach homes. Still, Walters survived, enabling the FAA to slap him with a $4,000 fine for airspace violations during the stunt (later reduced...
...News, apologizing on Sept. 14 for revealing that Obama had called Kanye West a "jackass" for his awards-show stunt...
Therefore, although there are lessons to be learned going forward, calls to drastically scale back risk-taking in the future are unfounded. This would prevent Harvard from recovering from its current dire straits and stunt our growth prospects. HMC should instead look to manage money mindfully, attaining good enough returns given the university’s particular situation. This is our best hope to seeing the endowment recover and making the budget cuts of the past year a distant memory...
...impressive list - which now totals more than 70 - of skyscrapers scaled. It was Robert's third attempt at climbing the building, a feat known as "buildering"; he had been captured by security guards on his first two tries, in 1997 and 2007. He was arrested after completing the stunt and now faces 6 months behind bars and a $850 fine. (See "Architecture, Interrupted...