MediaNews parent files for Chapter 11 protection SAN FRANCISCO - The owner of The Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News and 52 other daily newspapers filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, joining the procession of publishers choking on too much debt. Balloon boy mom's interviews contradict husband FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A newly released video shows the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported to be in a runaway balloon finally acknowledging to authorities it was all a hoax - contrary to her husband's repeated public denials just before reporting to jail. Balloon Boy parents face sentencing in Colorado FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The parents who pulled off the balloon boy hoax are already facing the prospect of jail time and paying tens of thousands of dollars in restitution over their stunt. An investigator also wants to forbid the couple from making any money off their newfound fame.