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October 18, 2009 3:37 PM

L'Affaire Balloon Boy

(AP Photo/Will Powers)
Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden (left) was just trying to make the best of a bad situation this past Thursday afternoon when he was called to the chaotic home of Richard and Mayumi Heene in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Now, a few days and countless hours of television face time later, he's just as earnestly trying to save his face and cover his butt.

If the Front Range's ill-fated "balloon ride" were a screenplay, it would have been a remake of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

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