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Colorado man
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Reality-TV boob still desperate for spotlight names his poor kid "Falcon"
Fort Collins, Colorado - self-proclaimed storm chaser Richard Heene became the center of attention, but only briefly, for it was actually his six-year-old son who was thought to be trapped inside of a home-made hot air ballon some 7,000 feet above Colorado.  Chubby, middle-aged housewives everywhere sympathized with Heene, the effects of which came in as a close second to the fame that for so long had eluded him.  Numerous failed attempts to become an actor proved to be hints just-not-quite-strong-enough to curb his quest for notoriety.  Perhaps, in retrospect, the choice to name his kid "Falcon" might have been made at too high a price, but one has to admire his persistence, especially since all it took to get four uninterrupted hours of CNN coverage were countless man-hours from the Federal Aviation Adminitration, Denver International Airport, local EMT's and police, a cardbox box big enough to hold a six-year-old, and a triple dose of Nyquil.
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