Ballon Boy Parents Plead Guilty

The parents of 'balloon boy' Falcon Heene are to plead guilty to charges, their lawyer says.

Father Richard Heene is to admit attempting to influence a public servant, whilt mother Mayumi Heene will admit false reporting to authorities.

Falcon's disappearance became a worldwide media drama but he was later found hiding at home.

Speculation soon started to mount that the parents had engineered the incident as a publicity stunt.

According to a statement from their lawyer David Lane, Mrs Heene will admit a misdemeanour and her husband a felony.

Mr Lane said Mr Heene agreed to "fall on his sword" by admitting the felony charge to prevent his wife - a Japanese national - being ordered out of the US.

The statement said the stipulated sentences for both are probation, with the possibility of up to 60 days in jail for Mrs Heene and up to 90 days for Mr Heene.

Robert Enke- A Tribute

My thoughts go out to the family of Robert Enke, the clubs he played for and the players he played with, as well as the whole of German football. He was a strong first choice to play for Germany in South Africa next summer and he will be a great loss to the team.

Enke commited suicide on Tuesday after a long battle with depression over the death of his two-year old daughter in 2006. His wife Teresa Enke said he kept his illness a secret from the public because he was afraid their eight-month old adopted daughter would be taken away.

Barcelona held a minutes silence in their last game, against Cultural Leonesa, and Tenerife will pay tribute in their next game against Sevilla a week on Sunday.

Enke will be buried on Sunday in a small ceremony close to his home following a memorial service at the Hannover stadium.

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