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Nebraska/Big Ten/Recruiting reporter.

Joined ESPN in 2011.

Graduated from the University of Nebraska.

A month ago, in the first unveiling this season of the Eliminator, 46 teams remained in the mix for the College Football Playoff, including 21 of the unbeaten variety. Since then, we've seen a week-by-week shredding of contenders. Now, six days before the selection committee weighs in for the first time, 15 teams are left to vie for the coveted spots in the Dec. 29 semifinal games in north Texas and south Florida.

You'll notice American Conference unbeatens UCF and USF were discarded this year, even ahead of the initial rankings release on Tuesday. Plain and simple, they're not getting in. Not this year and likely not ever in a four-team configuration.

The SEC leads the way with six teams, highlighted, of course, by Alabama, which has qualified for every CFP.

Just one team apiece represents the ACC and Pac-12. Clemson, with a 57.9 percent chance to win out, appears in great shape to qualify for a fourth straight playoff, while Washington State holds its conference flag as it sits near the bottom of this list.

Speaking of the bottom, Texas A&M remains the only two-loss team to escape elimination. The road is long for the Aggies, and they need more help than seems reasonable. But if it can happen, we're not discounting it.

Others to just make the cut include one-loss Kentucky, Iowa and West Virginia.

The Mountaineers share with Ohio State and Texas the distinction of having endured the worst losses among the 15 contenders. What separates them from NC State, with its one loss to an opponent far superior to Iowa State, Purdue or Maryland?

Well, much like the committee, the Eliminator must draw a line somewhere. And while the NC State résumé compares well with that of a few of the contenders, its remaining chances to impress the committee do not.

Contenders are listed by record and in order of FPI rank.

Still in contention

Better luck next season

Miami Hurricanes:
Coach Mark Richt gambled and lost in handing the offensive keys to freshman QB N'Kosi Perry. Veteran Malik Rosier is back behind the wheel, but it's too late after a three-point loss to Virginia delivered a big hit to Miami's hopes, even in the ACC Coastal.

Stanford Cardinal
Similar to Penn State, coach David Shaw's club lost two straight to quality opponents. The Cardinal, though, were not competitive against Notre Dame and Utah as running back Bryce Love struggled to play through an ankle injury.

Others who won't make it

Eliminated after Week 8: Cincinnati Bearcats, Duke Blue Devils, North Texas Mean Green

Eliminated after Week 6: Boston College Eagles, California Golden Bears, Indiana Hoosiers, Maryland Terrapins, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Syracuse Orange

Eliminated after Week 5: Baylor Bears, Buffalo Bulls, Mississippi State Bulldogs, South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Virginia Cavaliers

Eliminated after Week Zero: Colorado State Rams, New Mexico State Aggies
Eliminated before Week Zero: Ole Miss Rebels

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The Eliminator: Unbeaten UCF is out, two-loss Texas A&M is alive

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1:00 AM ET Mitch ShermanESPN Staff Writer Close Nebraska/Big Ten/Recruiting reporter. Joined ESPN in 2011. Graduated from the University of Nebraska. A month ago, in the first unveiling this season of the Eliminator, 46 teams remained in the mix for the College Football Playoff, including 21 of the unbeaten variety.

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Chad Kelly Released by Broncos After Criminal Trespassing Arrest

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Raiders head coach quits on them and the players think the same.

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The Raiders are already playing for draft position, Eli Manning's trust issues, and a new star may be joining the NFL's class of elite tight ends. All that and more in this week's 10-Point Stance. 1. Wait till next year
When news broke that Oakland receiver Amari Cooper had been traded Monday to Dallas for a first-round pick, there was incredulity throughout the NFL over what numerous league officials feel is an undisguised effort by the Raiders to tank the season.

Teams tank all the time, of course, including in the NFL. It's just that you never see a football team do it so obviously as the Raiders now are.

"This is the most blatant example of a team tanking that I've ever seen," one NFC South front office executive said.

Many teams also believe the moves engineered thus far by head coach Jon Gruden will cause massive problems inside the Raiders locker room. While players understand football is a business, and tough decisions have to be made, the trades of Cooper and linebacker Khalil Mack-two respected and well-liked veterans in that locker room-sent a distinct message to the players.
This season is over.
That is a fact. Gruden and the front office have quit on this year.

In an unfortunate byproduct, the tacit acknowledgment that wins and losses don't really matter anymore will help fuel the ultimate goal: to lose games. When Gruden tells his squad to work hard and do its best, how will those orders not be met with massive eye-rolls? Players will think: We are doing our best to win now. You're not.

That is all true. But there's another side to this.

The same teams who say the Raiders are tanking also say Gruden had no choice but to make the Cooper trade. A first-round pick is a steal for the Raiders, those teams add.

Balancing the present and future is a difficult act, especially in the NFL, wherein careers are short and fragile.

Gruden is caught in that spot between building for the future and satisfying players' desires to win now. In the immediate term, however, it appears the future is winning out.

While a teardown is easy to accomplish, Gruden had best be careful how deep into the Raiders' muscle he cuts. It was general manager Reggie McKenzie who built the roster Gruden is so quickly dismantling, and after the Cooper deal, only three of McKenzie's 12 first- and second-round selections remain. I've written before how McKenzie has essentially lost all power within the Raiders, and that continues to be proved true.

But once Gruden finishes accumulating all these picks, will he know how to draft? Many executives are skeptical. In Tampa, Gruden's drafts were far from successful.

During his seven years running the Buccaneers he drafted 61 players, according to Josh Dubow of the Associated Press. Only three of those players went to the Pro Bowl: Aqib Talib, Davin Joseph and Jeremy Zuttah.

The Pro Bowl isn't necessarily the defining indicator of the success of a draft, but it isn't useless.

Now Gruden has a number of picks at his disposal in Oakland, including three first-rounders in 2019: the Raiders', the Bears' for Mack and the Cowboys' for Cooper. McKenzie has shown an ability to find talent with those sorts of assets at his disposal, but he probably won't get as much of a say, if any, this time.

Indeed, these Raiders are a reflection of their head coach, for good and for bad.
2. Who's next in Oakland?
It's unlikely but far from impossible Cooper is the last star sent packing by the Raiders. True, Gruden told ESPN's Chris Mortensen there will be no more trades, but I'm not sure I believe that. Gruden also denied the Raiders were looking to trade Cooper. They obviously were.

Derek Carr has been fairly awful this season, and his contract is far from prohibitive in terms of a potential trade. A team could do it and not destroy its salary cap.

Would Gruden consider it? The answer has to be yes. He traded Mack-a far better player than Carr-so why not Carr to some quarterback-desperate team?

Carr would fetch another high-round pick, maybe another first-rounder. And since picks appear to be the most valuable commodity in Oakland these days, Carr might want to keep a bag packed.
3. Drew Brees and an exclusive club of three
Drew Brees has numerous records, but here's the most impressive of them all: He's now beaten all 32 NFL teams.

Only three players have ever accomplished the feat: Brees, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.

I'm not sure if people understand how hard it is to do that. It doesn't just require skill but longevity, too. Brees has been in the NFL since 2001 and this past week threw his 500th touchdown.

The stats Brees is generating are impressive, sure, but it has been his ability to suit up almost every weekend year after year after year, and play at a high level, that may be his biggest accomplishment.
4. Eli Manning's circle of mistrust
The reason Troy Aikman is such a good analyst isn't solely because of the institutional knowledge he brings to broadcasts. It's his honesty and fearlessness. He will take on any subject or player.

And that's why Aikman was a perfect person to ask about the struggles of Giants quarterback Eli Manning, whose team is 1-6 while critics seem to be multiplying by the day. Is Manning struggling simply because he's hit the point that all NFL players do? Where age catches up with them? Or is it something else?

"I don't know if there's an easy answer for that," said Aikman, who was made available to me by Tide. "They're struggling to protect him. I was a pocket passer, and I know how it is when your line has a hard time protecting you."

Aikman added that as a pocket quarterback, when you get hit a lot, "You lose confidence in your ability to throw from the pocket."

Manning's struggles are, in some ways, that simple. Aikman spoke to B/R before the Giants played the Falcons on Monday, when Manning got sacked four times in the first half and looked jittery all night. It's clear Aikman knows of what he speaks.

At the rate he's going, Manning will be sacked 55 times this season. His previous high was 39 in 2013.

And as Aikman said, when a quarterback gets hit that much, it destroys trust in his line, and that, in turn, destroys trust in himself, no matter his age.
5. A good omen for the Rams
The Rams have scored 235 points through their first seven games. That's the sixth-most of any team with a 7-0 start since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, per ESPN Stats & Info. That's a lot of points, but that's only a part of the story. The other part is what happened to those other five teams.

The 2007 Patriots scored 279 points through seven games and went to the Super Bowl (they lost to the Giants). The 2009 Saints scored 273 and won the Super Bowl. The 2015 Patriots scored 249 points and lost to the Broncos in the AFC title game.

The 1998 Vikings scored 241 points and lost the NFC title game to the Falcons. The 1998 Broncos tallied 240 points and won the Super Bowl.

All of this bodes well for the Rams. Of those five other teams, two won the Super Bowl, one went to the Super Bowl, and two made it to the conference championship.

There are worse places to be than Los Angeles in late January.
6. A brutal game requires brutal moments
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There are moments in NFL games that don't come down to fancy schemes or trick plays or fast receivers. Sometimes, the key is simple, brute force.

One of those instances happened in Sunday's Washington-Dallas game when Zeke Elliott was thrown several yards downfield by Washington's Matt Ioannidis. It looked like Chewbacca tossing Ewoks and set a tone that led Washington to a three-point win.

As much as the NFL has attempted to lessen the violence of a violent game, games often are decided by who's tougher, and when you see that in practice, it's impossible to miss.
7. Even machines make mistakes
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Joe Flacco finds John Brown for the Ravens TD. Justin Tucker's extra point attempt is NO good. Saints leading 24-23 with :24 left to play. 📺: FOX #NOvsBAL https://t.co/KimNCxIHZg

When the NFL moved extra points back in distance, it wanted to create a bit more uncertainty for a play that had become more or less automatic. The plan succeeded. On Sunday it even caught up to Ravens kicker Justin Tucker-the closest thing to automatic in the NFL-when he missed a PAT against the Saints.

Tucker had made 300 consecutive kicks from 33 yards and in before that miss, according to ESPN Stats & Info. And he hadn't missed a PAT in his NFL career.

Three. Hundred. Straight.

That level of consistency in today's kicking game is unheard of, yet Tucker did it.

And my guess is he'll restart that streak and hit another 300 straight.
8. The Bears might be on to something
Bears tight end Trey Burton always had the potential to be one of the NFL's great tight ends. We're now starting to see it.

Burton had 126 yards and one touchdown against the Patriots on Sunday. After a quiet start to the season Burton has been on fire, registering a touchdown catch in four of his last five games.

One reason why is coach Matt Nagy has learned how to take full advantage of Burton's skills. He is fast, is an excellent route-runner and can catch almost anything.

He's not on the same level as Rob Gronkowski, Travis Kelce or Zach Ertz.

But he's getting there.
9. Is this the end for Beast Mode?
Marshawn Lynch was put on injured reserve this week with a groin injury, and despite being one of the toughest backs to ever play, he's still human.

He's also 32 and in his 11th season. And while the 10,000 yards he has gathered on the ground will likely send him to Canton one day, all those rushing attempts have forced him to take a massive amount of physical abuse.

Lynch has done his bit for queen and country.

No one would be surprised if Lynch retired (again). This time for good.
10. Please never shut up
Retired defensive end Marcellus Wiley has long been one of my favorite players, and analysts, simply because he's always been an intelligent and honest examiner of the sport.

His new book, Never Shut Up, is a perfect extension of Wiley's personality. It's a fun ride through his life journey from South Central Los Angeles to Columbia University to the NFL.

One of my favorite passages was this one, in which a young Wiley, then with the Bills, interacts with Bruce Smith, one of the best defensive linemen of all time.
"Hey Bruce," I said, smiling my brightest, most charming smile. "Got a question for ya." He looked at me. That was encouraging. "Dude, you get off the ball faster than all of us. What's your secret?" Bruce thought for a second. "What are you looking at before the snap?" he said. "Where on the ball?" "The top tip," I said. "That's your problem," he said. "I'm looking at the guy's pinky finger and the bottom tip." Oh s--t. It was like a lightbulb went off in my head. Bruce Smith, the best D-end of all time, had just given me the first CliffsNote I needed to reach the next level." Mike Freeman covers the NFL for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter: @mikefreemanNFL.

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Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Look out Below, Here Come the Tanking Raiders

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The Raiders are already playing for draft position, Eli Manning's trust issues, and a new star may be joining the NFL's class of elite tight ends. All that and more in this week's 10-Point Stance. 1.

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The sole ticket to a Mega Millions jackpot of over $1.5 billion, or a cash sum of almost $878 million, was sold somewhere in South Carolina, lottery officials said early Wednesday.

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The largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history could be decided tonight.

The prize is an estimated $1.6 billion, which a single winner could choose to take as a lump sum of more than $900 million.

Are you going to win?

Probably not.

Your odds are about 1 in 302.5 million.

But someone, or a group of someones, finally, eventually, has to win.

Right?

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Historic $1.6 billion Mega Millions drawing set for tonight

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The largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history could be decided tonight. The prize is an estimated $1.6 billion, which a single winner could choose to take as a lump sum of more than $900 million. Are you going to win? Probably not. Your odds are about 1 in 302.5 million.

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McDonald's adds its first new breakfast sandwich in 5 years

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McDonald's is hoping a big new breakfast sandwich will help bring in more customers.

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An entire Hawaiian island has vanished beneath the waves from hurricane Walaka

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An entire Hawaiian island has vanished under the waves in the wake of Hurricane Walaka.

East Island, which is part of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and serves as a critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles, was basically washed away earlier this month, federal officials said Monday.

"I had a holy s--t moment, thinking 'Oh my God, it's gone,'" Chip Fletcher, a University of Hawaii climate scientist, told Honolulu Civil Beat. Fletcher added that it's another issue "in the wall of the network of ecosystem diversity on this planet that is being dismantled."
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Hurricane Walaka, one of the most intense Pacific storms ever, reached Category 5 in early October with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and an extremely strong storm surge.

Scientists say the storm's massive surge, as well as rising sea levels resulting from climate change, factored into the island's disappearance.

Fletcher, who was doing research in July on East Island, told the news outlet he figured the tiny island would be underwater eventually but thought it would take a few decades for rising seas to eliminate it.

The climate scientist and his colleagues had a permit to fly a drone over East Island earlier this summer.

It's unknown if East Island, which hosted a U.S. Coast Guard station until 1952, will ever return or what will happen to the displaced animals. Another of the French Frigate Shoal islets, Whale-Skate Island, eroded until it was completely submerged in the 1990s and it has not returned.
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"The take-home message is climate change is real and it's happening now," Randy Kosaki, NOAA's deputy superintendent of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, told Honolulu Civil Beat.

Charles Littnan, a conservation biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said about one-seventh of the world's endangered Hawaiian monk seals were born in French Frigate Shoals, half on East Island.

In the wake of this news, environmentalist Bill McKibben tweeted that "we're going to see a lot of these stories in the years ahead."

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An entire Hawaiian island has vanished beneath the waves

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An entire Hawaiian island has vanished under the waves in the wake of Hurricane Walaka. East Island, which is part of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and serves as a critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles, was basically washed away earlier this month, federal officials said Monday.

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Tourists Facing Jail Time for Vandalism in Thailand

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Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated China’s latest mega-infrastructure project on Tuesday: The world’s longest sea crossing.

The 34.2-mile bridge and tunnel that have been almost a decade in the making for the first time connect the semi-autonomous cities of Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai by road.

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Hong Kong -- Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated China 's latest mega-infrastructure project on Tuesday: The world's longest sea crossing.

The 34.2-mile bridge and tunnel that have been almost a decade in the making for the first time connect the semi-autonomous cities of Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai by road.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge spans the mouth of the Pearl River and significantly cuts the commuting time between the three cities. The previously four-hour drive between Zhuhai and Hong Kong will now take 45 minutes.

One section of the crossing dives underwater into a 4.2 mile tunnel that creates a channel above for large cargo ship containers to pass through.

The project came in over budget -- with Hong Kong alone investing $15 billion in it -- and delayed, as it was originally slate to open in 2016.

At the opening ceremony, Han Zheng, the top Chinese official who oversees Beijing's at-times tense relationship with Hong Kong, proclaimed that the bridge marked the first time that Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland had jointly cooperated on a major infrastructure project.

The bridge will help Hong Kong and Macau become more integrated with mainland China, he said.

But for some in Hong Kong, which maintains a separate legal system from China's, the bridge is the just the latest example of Beijing exerting more influence on them. Just in September a high-speed rail-link connected the heart of Hong Kong directly to China's vast railway network.

Hong Kong lawmaker Claudia Mo has given multiple interviews this year likening the new bridge to a symbolic umbilical cord tethering Hong Kong to the motherland.

Beijing's plan is to fully integrate Hong Kong and Macau -- which is known as the "Vegas of Asia" and the world's biggest gambling hub, with the Pearl River Delta region, a giant manufacturing hub -- into what Beijing is calling the Greater Bay Area, a tech- and innovation-focused center to rival Silicon Valley.

The new sea bridge is not without other controversies as well. According the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, at least 10 workers died in the construction of the bridge and more than 600 were injured. In addition, environmentalist have said that the project has disrupted the habitat of Hong Kong's already-endangered pink dolphin.

By 2030, authorities expect 29,100 vehicles and 126,000 passenger trips to criss-cross the bridge daily. But who gets to travel the bridge now?

The priority appears to be trade and tourists. Goods manufactured on the western end of the Pearl River Delta can now reach the container port and international airport of Hong Kong in 45 minutes, and a tourist landing in Hong Kong International Airport now has another option to reach Macau instead of taking a ferry.

All of the vehicles that will be allowed on the bridge, including trucks, tour buses, shuttles and select private cars, will require permits from all three jurisdictions. All three jurisdictions will also require passengers to clear immigration and customs.

Strict quotas will be enforced for private cars. Only 10,000 Hong Kong cars belonging to people or businesses that fit certain criteria will be issued a license to enter the mainland, and vehicles will require a separate cross-border Chinese license plate. Only 300 Hong Kong cars can enter Macau, and 600 Macau-licensed cars can drive to Hong Kong.

There is no public transportation running between the cities so private tour bus companies will run a shuttle bus between immigration points on either end of the bridge and licensed cross-border tour buses that can travel to the center of Hong Kong and Zhuhai.

One such cross-border operator called Trans-Island Limousine told ABC News on Tuesday morning that it is starting a slow roll out of bus lines this week. A one-way ticket will cost the equivalent of $15 and a round-trip ticket will cost about $28.

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China opens world's longest sea bridge and tunnel to connect Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland

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The 34.2 mile-long sea bridge cuts one commute from four hours to 45 minutes.

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Minnesota man Andrew Coette, 28, went into cardiac arrest last Tuesday. His wife, Ashley, also 28, started doing CPR. She was pregnant. She did the CPR just before the newborn baby came out.

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Cheat death, give life -- all in a day's work for one Minnesota woman.

A pregnant West Saint Paul woman helped save her husband's life when he suffered a serious health scare just before she was supposed to give birth to their child.

Ashley Goette, 28, performed CPR on her husband Andrew, 28, after he went into a cardiac arrest on Oct. 16. Eventually paramedics arrived at their home and took him to the hospital.

Ashley, who was 39 weeks pregnant at the time, said at a press conference Tuesday that she was woken up by what she thought was Andrew snoring and noticed he was "gasping for air." She called 911 and a dispatcher coached her through performing CPR on her husband until paramedics arrived and took him to United Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In a 911 call obtained by ABC News, Ashley tells the dispatcher that Andrew is not breathing and says he is turning blue. The dispatcher tells Ashley to keep Andrew on the bed and coaches her on how to give chest compressions.

Dr. Alex Teeters, a pulmonary and critical care physician at United Hospital, said at the press conference that doctors cooled Andrew's body after he arrived. They were initially concerned Andrew could have brain damage from not getting enough oxygen to his brain and were "preparing for the worst."

Ashley said she was terrified after hearing doctors' concerns.

"I didn't want to have to think for one second about having to do any of this without him," Ashley said. "I kept telling him the whole time he was asleep, or in his coma, that I was not going to have this baby until he woke up."

ICU nurse Libby Remmers said the hospital soon began to warm Andrew's body back up, and cut back on the medication keeping him in a coma. Andrew woke up on Oct. 17.

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"I looked at him at one point and said 'Andrew, open your eyes' and he did," Remmers said. "And it was really just the best moment."

Ashley said that she had to deliver the baby via caesarean section, and Andrew was not allowed to be in the room. Ashley said her sister helped set up a FaceTime call so that Andrew could watch as Ashley delivered their son, Lennon Andrew.

Lennon was then taken straight to his father.

"I was just excited to be able to get to hold him right away," Andrew said. "First, actually." Teeters said doctors believe Andrew had a heart arrythmia, and found later that he had Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome, a condition that causes a rapid heartbeat. Teeters said doctors corrected the condition and Andrew's prognosis is "fantastic."

Ashley, who was originally supposed to give birth at a different hospital, was induced Thursday evening. She said doctors were able to bring Andrew to her so he could lie in a hospital bed by her side.

"He seems to be completely normal," Teeters said.

Ashley and Lennon were discharged from the hospital but were staying with Andrew until he is discharged, according to a spokesperson from the hospital's health care operator.

Teeters credited Ashley's role in quickly calling 911 and performing CPR with saving her husband's life.

"I don't think Andrew would be here today if it wasn't for the actions of Ashley," Teeters said.

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Pregnant wife performs CPR on husband suffering cardiac arrest, then gives birth

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Cheat death, give life -- all in a day's work for one Minnesota woman. A pregnant West Saint Paul woman helped save her husband's life when he suffered a serious health scare just before she was supposed to give birth to their child. Ashley Goette, 28, performed CPR on her husband Andrew, 28,...

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Missouri mom outraged after viral video shows bullies holding gun at teen son’s head.

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A Missouri mother was furious after a viral video showed a teenager holding a gun at her 13-year-old son's head.

The video, which circulated on social media, showed the 13-year-old boy on his knees and being yelled at by a few boys demanding him to kiss their feet. A boy was seen pulling out a gun and pointing it at the boy's head. The gun was pulled away and the boy was seen being punched.

Emily Bridges told FOX 4 KC she was upset when her son came home with bruises on Saturday. The mother told the station her son is on the autism spectrum and she didn't know what happened until her other son showed her a video of the incident.
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"I was hurt," Bridges FOX 4 KC. "I was angry. I was crying. I was mad. I was upset because he didn't defend himself."

Bridges said she went to police on Monday but said she didn't think the officers were concerned about the incident.
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"He just really said that they're minors. There`s not a lot that happens to them," Bridges said.

On Tuesday, the Independence Police Department announced that Alexander Schrader, 17, a person of interest in the case, turned himself in. Two other juvenile subjects were also taken into custody but they were not named.

Bridges thanked the community for their outpouring support.

"I hope the other kids see this and see that those actions and those behaviors are not OK," Bridges said.

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A Missouri mother was furious after a viral video showed a teenager holding a gun at her 13-year-old son's head. The video, which circulated on social media, showed the 13-year-old boy on his knees and being yelled at by a few boys demanding him to kiss their feet.

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Seven children died in New Jersey, due to adenovirus. The virus is rare and only occurs in people with weakened immune systems. 18 y/o and younger are the ones that ge affected by this virus.

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Moon Ribas can detect earthquakes happening anywhere on the planet, thanks to implants in her feet.

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Moon Ribas can detect earthquakes happening anywhere on the planet, thanks to implants in her feet.

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Bride admits to trying to 'fatten' bridesmaids before the wedding, so she would look good.

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One anonymous bridezilla is being accused of going "too far" after claiming she secretly fattened up her two "stunning" sisters before their bridesmaid duties, as she desperately wanted to be the "center of attention" and escape her lifelong fear of being "the plain sister" on her big day.

In the searing essay published on Australian lifestyle site Whimn, the now-married author, who identifies herself as "Penny," details the wicked ploy she allegedly concocted, adding that it stemmed from a lifelong feeling of competition with her older and younger siblings - even though she says the trio are "super close."

Penny further justified the extreme measures, claiming that she and her sisters - Maggie and Charlie - all lived together under one roof with her fiancé Richie before they tied the knot, which contributed to an "intense" atmosphere.
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"I've been planning my wedding since I knew what a bride was, and I knew I would get a little bridezilla-ish[,] but this wedding-focused atmosphere may have sent me into the stratosphere," the author admitted. "I started obsessing about every tiny detail and it was pretty much all I spoke about."

"Both of my sisters are gorgeous. I mean, stunning," Penny continues. "I always felt like Jan Brady in the middle - I wasn't as hot and popular as my older sister, and I wasn't as cute and fun as my younger sister. But I found a man who loved me for me and I couldn't be happier."

Meeting with the photographer and considering dresses before her nuptials, Penny admittedly began to "obsess" over the impending wedding photos, and decided that she did not "want to be reminded until my last day on earth that I was the plain sister." She began to form a devious plan to ensure that her sisters "looked as ordinary as possible on my big day."

Describing the three women as "fair-skinned and blonde," the bridezilla selected neon yellow dresses for her sisters that made them appear "washed out and slightly ill," before setting the "worst" part of her plan in motion.

Penny claimed she began preparing "special slimming" breakfast smoothies for her sisters "every morning," in the months leading up to the big day, under the guise of helping everyone "look our best." But what Penny instead gave her sisters were drinks prepared with "mega-weight gain protein powder" she bought at a bodybuilding shop.
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"I even went as far as buying a weight loss shake and emptying the contents," she revealed.

"At first I went easy, but by the month before the wedding I was adding triple the prescribed amount into Maggie and Charlie's smoothie, leaving my own simply as fruit and coconut water."

When the wedding day finally dawned, the bride was thrilled that her stunt "worked like a charm," as Maggie and Charlie each had to have their gowns altered for their "thickening waistlines."

"The day went off without a hitch and everyone had a great time. I never thought for a moment on my wedding day that I wasn't the center of attention or the most important person in the room," the newlywed recalled in her essay. "And now, when I look back on my wedding photos - as I do often as we've got them displayed around the house - I sometimes feel a twinge of guilt that I'm standing there glowing and gorgeous in my bridal gown, and my sisters are looking washed out and chubby."

"But mostly I feel happy," Penny added, before concluding that she's "glad" Maggie and Charlie have both lost the weight that they unknowingly gained at her hands.

Twitter users, meanwhile, have since declared Penny's actions as "unbelievable" and that her stunt had "gone way too far."

Meanwhile, Twitter users have since declared Penny's extreme measures from preventing her sisters from stealing her wedding day thunder as "unbelievable" and "gone way too far."

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Bridezilla claims to have secretly fattened up bridesmaids before wedding to be 'center of attention'

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One anonymous bridezilla is being accused of going "too far" after claiming she secretly fattened up her two "stunning" sisters before their bridesmaid duties, as she desperately wanted to be the "center of attention" and escape her lifelong fear of being "the plain sister" on her big day.

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A deadly viral outbreak claimed the life of a seventh child at a New Jersey rehabilitation center, where 11 other medically fragile young patients remain hospitalized with adenovirus infections, state health officials said on Wednesday.

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Deadly viral outbreak in New Jersey claims seventh child

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A deadly viral outbreak claimed the life of a seventh child at a New Jersey rehabilitation center, where 11 other medically fragile young patients remain hospitalized with adenovirus infections, state health officials said on Wednesday.

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Court records say a Delaware man told police he strangled his 69-year-old grandmother because he saw an opportunity to be alone and get high. The News Journal of Delaware reports 30-year-old George A. Bailey III was charged Monday with first-degree murder. Court records say police found Lorraine Bradley dead Saturday, more than a week after she died. She was found fully-clothed, lying face down on a bed with her purse.

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Court records say a Delaware man told police he strangled his 69-year-old grandmother because he saw an opportunity to be alone and get high.

The News Journal of Delaware reports 30-year-old George A. Bailey III was charged Monday with first-degree murder. Court records say police found Lorraine Bradley dead Saturday, more than a week after she died. She was found fully-clothed, lying face down on a bed with her purse.

An autopsy determined she was strangled. Police then questioned Bailey, who had been living with Bradley since he was released from jail for theft. He told police they were heading to a probation check-in when Bradley tripped and he strangled her. He said he saw a chance to be alone and get high.

It's unclear if Bailey has a lawyer.

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Information from: The News Journal of Wilmington, Del., http://www.delawareonline.com

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Records: Delaware man killed grandma to be alone, get high

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Court records say a Delaware man told police he strangled his 69-year-old grandmother because he saw an opportunity to be alone and get high. The News Journal of Delaware reports 30-year-old George A. Bailey III was charged Monday with first-degree murder. Court records say police...

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On Tuesday night, one lucky person in South Carolina won the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The winner has the option of taking the prize in the form of an annuity payment – which would be valued at about $1.537 billion paid out over 29 years – or in the form of a lump sum valued at an estimated $877.8 million, according to K. Eli Akhavan, partner and chair of the Private Client and Wealth Preservation Group at CKR Law. So there is a lot of taxes on this jackpot.

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On Tuesday night, one lucky person in South Carolina won the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

The numbers selected Tuesday were 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, and the Mega Ball was 5. The prize was for $1.537 million - and the odds of winning were about 1 in 303 million.

But the odds are 1 in 1 that taxes will chew up a large part of the prize.

The winner has the option of taking the prize in the form of an annuity payment - which would be valued at about $1.537 billion paid out over 29 years - or in the form of a lump sum valued at an estimated $877.8 million, according to K. Eli Akhavan, partner and chair of the Private Client and Wealth Preservation Group at CKR Law.

If the cash option is taken, the jackpot is subject to federal withholding, which is an immediate 24 percent before the winner ever receives a cent.

That will immediately bring the total down by $211.7 million, Akhavan estimates.

The IRS will also likely tax the winnings at the highest federal income bracket, which now sits at 37 percent for individuals with incomes in excess of $500,000. You would owe any difference left over between that tax rate (37 percent) and the federal withholding rate (24 percent) when you file your tax return at the end of the year, Akhavan said, which deducts $114.1 million.

The winnings will also be subject to state tax rates, which vary between 0 and 8.82 percent, depending on the state of residence (7 percent in South Carolina). That reduces the winnings by about $61.4 million.

After taxes are considered, Akhavan - who is not an expert in South Carolina state taxation - estimates the winner would take home about $490.6 million, if he or she opted for the cash option.

Winnings are not subject to the 3.8 percent net investment income tax.

If the winner plans on giving money away, under current law he or she is allowed to give up to $15,000 to as many people as desired without tax consequences.

Lottery hopefuls still have a chance to win the $620 million Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night, of which the IRS will also take a sizable portion.

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Mega Millions winner: Here's the tax damage

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On Tuesday night, one lucky person in South Carolina won the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The numbers selected Tuesday were 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, and the Mega Ball was 5. The prize was for $1.537 million - and the odds of winning were about 1 in 303 million.

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A Missouri mom is furious after watching a video of a 13-year-old hold a gun to her son's head. The video became circulated on social media. The boy was pushed on the ground as kiss their feet while another boy
held the gun to his head. The gun was then removed, and her son was punched several times. His mother went to the police, but they did not seem concerned with the situation. One of the bullies turned himself in for assault and 2 others were taken into custody but have not been named.

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A Missouri mother was furious after a viral video showed a teenager holding a gun at her 13-year-old son's head.

The video, which circulated on social media, showed the 13-year-old boy on his knees and being yelled at by a few boys demanding him to kiss their feet. A boy was seen pulling out a gun and pointing it at the boy's head. The gun was pulled away and the boy was seen being punched.

Emily Bridges told FOX 4 KC she was upset when her son came home with bruises on Saturday. The mother told the station her son is on the autism spectrum and she didn't know what happened until her other son showed her a video of the incident.
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"I was hurt," Bridges FOX 4 KC. "I was angry. I was crying. I was mad. I was upset because he didn't defend himself."

Bridges said she went to police on Monday but said she didn't think the officers were concerned about the incident.
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"He just really said that they're minors. There`s not a lot that happens to them," Bridges said.

On Tuesday, the Independence Police Department announced that Alexander Schrader, 17, a person of interest in the case, turned himself in. Two other juvenile subjects were also taken into custody but they were not named.

Bridges thanked the community for their outpouring support.

"I hope the other kids see this and see that those actions and those behaviors are not OK," Bridges said.

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Missouri mom outraged after viral video shows bullies holding gun at teen son's head

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A Missouri mother was furious after a viral video showed a teenager holding a gun at her 13-year-old son's head. The video, which circulated on social media, showed the 13-year-old boy on his knees and being yelled at by a few boys demanding him to kiss their feet.

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A man described as wearing a “dark hoodie and a green hat” shot and killed Joshua Niles, 28, and Amber Washburn, 24, near the Sodus Central School District, the Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.

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Authorities are still hunting for the shooter who gunned down a young couple in a small upstate New York town Monday, in what police called a targeted attack.

A man described as wearing a "dark hoodie and a green hat" shot and killed Joshua Niles, 28, and Amber Washburn, 24, near the Sodus Central School District, the Wayne County Sheriff's deputies said Tuesday.

A witness told police the man ran through the backyard of a home near the shooting, chief deputy Stephen Sklenar said, according to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

"We believe these people were targeted and the general public is not at risk," officials said in a statement.

A witness told WROC-TV there was a 3-month-old baby inside a vehicle where Washburn was shot in. However, police said they wouldn't disclose information on the whereabouts of a child at the time of the shooting. Police did say children in the family were "being cared for by relatives."

Schools in Sodus were re-opening Wednesday after being closed while police hunted for the suspect. Authorities said search efforts were being scaled back as police clear areas.

"Residents should stay inside if possible and be cognizant of suspicious activity, calling 911 if they see something suspicious," officials said in a statement.

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New York couple shot and killed in small town in apparent 'targeted' attack, police say

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Authorities are still hunting for the shooter who gunned down a young couple in a small upstate New York town Monday, in what police called a targeted attack. A man described as wearing a "dark hoodie and a green hat" shot and killed Joshua Niles, 28, and Amber Washburn, 24, near the Sodus Central School District, the Wayne County Sheriff's deputies said Tuesday.