Police searched the home of the parents of Colorado’s “balloon boy” early today after the sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges.

Police are to reinterview a Colorado couple today as speculation mounted that the balloon drama that sparked a frenzied search for their six-year-old son was a huge publicity stunt.

CREWS fired artillery shells yesterday to safely trigger avalanches before they could pose a threat to traffic on a Colorado mountain highway, a day after a huge snow slide knocked two cars off the road in a high pass and buried them.