Pa. hoax-kidnap mom to learn sentence in swindle

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia-area mother is being sentenced Thursday for a fraud scheme that prompted her to stage a hoax kidnapping before fleeing with her daughter to Disney World.

Bonnie Sweeten has since admitted that she fled as police investigated the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from her boss and an elderly relative.

Sweeten told a 911 operator in 2009 that two black men had carjacked her and her 9-year-old daughter. Sweeten, who is white, surfaced days later with her daughter in Florida.

The Feasterville woman has already served nearly a year in state prison for the false police report and 18 months awaiting trial on the federal fraud charges. She faces six to eight years under federal sentencing guidelines.

Defense lawyer James McHugh has called Sweeten "very remorseful."

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Modern Warfare 3 Hoax & a Sexy Wii Game? - IGN Daily Fix, 2.25.11

The Nintendo Wii gets a sexy party game, IGN gives away a PS3 or Xbox 360, and Activision confirms Modern Warfare 3 reveal was a hoax, all on the Daily Fix! IGN's YouTube is just a taste of our content. Get more: www.ign.com Want this week's top videos? Sign up go.ign.com

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NOVA: The Boldest Hoax

Who Created Piltdown Man-Science's Most Notorious Fraud?

For 40 years, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Then, in 1953, new scientific tests revealed the shocking truth-"Piltdown Man" was a fake!

But who could have perpetrated the hoax? Was it the amateur archaeologist, Charles Dawson, who dug up most of the bones? Or the eminent museum curator, Sir Arthur Smith Woodward of Britain's Natural History Museum, who won fame by presenting the reconstructed skull to an eager public in 1912? Could it even have been Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, who lived near Piltdown?

With more red herrings and false trails than an Agatha Christie whodunit, The Boldest Hoax digs into intriguing new clues from archives at the Natural History Museum, and delves into the skullduggery and national pride that led a handful of faked bones to hoodwink a generation of leading scientists.

Go deep into the archives of Britain's Natural History Museum, where intriguing documents shed new light on this notorious case.

Special DVD features include: materials and activities for educators; a link to the NOVA Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.

On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.

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