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A rendering of a big hole in the pavement would work just as well I would think.

And Matt, I was wondering the same thing about the ball that looks more like an egg.
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Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana

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What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area, a stretch of coastal Louisiana hit hard this summer by oil from BP's busted Gulf well.

Fish kills are fairly common along the Gulf Coast, particularly during the summer in the area near the mouth of the Mississippi, the site of this kill. The area is rife with dead zones -- stretches where sudden oxygen depletion can cause widespread death. But those kills tend to be limited to a single species of fish, rather than the broad sort of die-off involved in this kill.
And therein lies the concern of Gulf residents, who suspect this may be yet another side effect of the catastrophic BP oil spill.
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Teenage girl can only control rare brain condition by digesting her own spinal fluid

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A 17-year-old girl who suffered crippling migraines due to a rare brain condition has finally found relief thanks to an unusual operation.
Melissa Peacock has intracranial hypertension that causes a build up of spinal fluid in her skull which pushes down on her brain.
Now the teenager from Bradford has been cured after a tube was attached between her skull and her stomach, allowing her to digest her own brain fluid.
Melissa has suffered with the condition since she was nine. She was often left her with blurred vision as the fluid strained against her optic nerve.
Nine operations to remove the fluid failed and finally doctors decided on the more drastic solution to ease the pressure.
Medics inserting a tube into Melissa's brain that drains the fluid straight into her stomach - where it is digested along with her dinner.
The college student said: 'I was a bit shocked when I realised exactly what the doctors were planning on doing.
'My friends think the fact that I digest fluid from my brain is a bit weird - but my quality of life is so much better since I had the shunt put in place, I don't care.
'The pain was just unbearable at times, so I agreed to go ahead with the operation.
'Before, there were weeks at a time where I just couldn't get out of bed because of the pain - and even when I did, I couldn't do all the things my friends did.'
Melissa was first diagnosed with the condition after her worried mother, Carolynne, noticed her daughter was struggling to walk in a straight line.


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LSU 16, Tennessee 14. LSU was already the most discontent 4-0 team in America. Has anyone ever fired the head coach at 5-0?
To be clear, Les Miles is still the Tigers' coach tonight. More importantly, he'll leave Tiger Stadium with all his limbs. Because after last year's clock management disaster at Ole Miss and the overall malaise of the last three years, it's not at all certain either would be the case if his fumbling, flabbergasted offense hadn't somehow been trumped by Tennessee's mathematically challenged defense in what must be one of the greatest inept finishes in SEC history. To recap:
Tennessee, desperately in need of a big win to salvage a sinking season, led 14-10 with 5:41 remaining in the fourth quarter after being stuffed on 4th-and-1 at the LSU 31-yard line. LSU, operating with backup quarterback Jarrett Lee, took over and proceeded to convert two third downs and a 4th-and-15 on the subsequent drive to move the ball into the Volunteer red zone with well over a minute to play – plenty of time to move in for the winning touchdown, even with no timeouts.
A pass interference penalty against the Vols moved the ball to the UT two-yard line with 32 seconds on the clock. After an incomplete LSU brought in its regular starter, the more athletic Jordan Jefferson, to take a run at the end zone on a quarterback sweep on second down, which gained a yard. At this point, with the clock ticking down and no timeouts, Clock Management 101 would dictate LSU line up post-haste and either spike the ball, try to throw a quick pass into the end zone or try to plunge straight ahead with 20-25 seconds left. Whatever they did, it had to be executed fast, and should have already been decided before Jefferson's second-down run.
Instead, the Tigers stood around looking confused, motioning toward the sideline for some kind of instruction as 180,000 eyeballs in the crowd began to strain out of their skulls in disbelief. Substitutions came on, substitutions came off, and with four seconds on the clock, LSU finally snapped the ball amid total chaos ... right past Jefferson, who futilely fell on it around the 20-yard line to end one of the most jaw-dropping last-second collapses on record.
Or it would have been. If not for, you know, the 13 men on the field on the final play for Tennessee. Not just 12, which isn't quite illegal enough. Thirteen:

Amid the Volunteer jubilation and a ruthless cascade of boos from the partisans, officials announced the penalty, cleared the field and set the ball at the one-yard line for a single un-timed down. Stevan Ridley took it in for the winning touchdown. They didn't bother with the extra point.
If not for the ineptitude, the ending would almost be poetic for the efficiency with which it sums up the zeitgeist of these two programs. The fates continue to pummel Tennessee with every last sling and arrow at their disposal for firing coach Phil Fulmer two years ago. Les Miles continues to skate by as the Ronald Reagan of college football in increasingly ludicrous fashion. Miles has a history of dumb luck in dubious clock-management scenarios, but never has he looked dumber or luckier than today.
But to answer my own question, no, they don't fire the head coach at 5-0.
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Man Shoots Teen after his Car was Egged on Halloween
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Authorities say a driver enraged after his Mercedes was splattered with eggs on Halloween fatally shot a 17-year-old in the neck and leg as he tried to run away.

Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones says the driver confronted the teen and fired 10 shots at him around 8 p.m. Sunday. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office says the teen, Tivarus King, died as he was being taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Investigating officers spotted a car fitting the vehicle's description and detained the driver. But Atlanta Police spokesman Curtis Davenport says that person was arrested on traffic charges that were not linked to the shooting.

He said officers are investigating whether King threw the eggs and are searching for suspects in the shooting on the northwest side.
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