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In England, veterinarians performed emergency surgery on a lion plagued by a lethal, football-sized hairball.

The Way That It Happened Amy Butcher 2011

Last year, a solo prospector unearthed the Ausrox Nugget, a football-sized lump weighing 50 pounds, using a metal detector on a site east of Kalgoorlie.

Australians Catch Gold-Mining Fever David Fickling 2011

Inspectors have found "nothing unusual" in the rest of Southwest Airlines 'fleet of 737-300s after a football-sized hole in one of the jets forced an emergency landing, an airline spokeswoman said Tuesday.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 15, 2009 2009

In July 2009, a football-sized hole opened up in-flight in the fuselage of another of Southwest's Boeing 737s, depressurizing the cabin.

NTSB: Cracks found in 3 grounded Southwest planes 2011

When workers finally checked the reactor in February of 2002, they made an astonishing finding: Corrosive fluid from overhead pipes had eaten a football-sized hole in the reactor vesselâ™s steel side.

U.S. Nuclear Regulator Lets Industry Write Rules The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday after a football-sized hole in its fuselage caused the cabin to depressurize, an airline spokeswoman said.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 14, 2009 2009

A stream idly trickles through football-sized boulders down to the sea, while soothing sweeps of light-brown sand provide a backdrop to jutting rock formations that point arrow-like towards the Atlantic.

Secret beaches of the southwest: Mouthmill Beach 2011

As a third line of defense, some rigs have the acoustic trigger: It's a football-sized remote control that uses sound waves to communicate with the valve on the seabed floor and close it.

Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device 2010

As a third line of defense, some rigs have the acoustic trigger: It's a football-sized remote control that uses sound waves to communicate with the valve on the seabed floor and close it.

Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device 2010

Durian fruit from Malaysia is a lumpy, football-sized fruit that costs upwards of $25 a pound and smells very much like rotten fish.

Lisa Turner: Hungry for Love: Foods to Inspire Desire 2010