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They Don't Know What the Stinky Blobs Are Near Atlantic City

"We've determined that it's not toxic. It's mostly like some algae or fungus," said New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Jack Kaskey. "It may be an algae growth that lived on the bottom of the lagoon and after its life cycle ended, gases brought it up to the surface." - quote is about mysterious, stinky blobs recently appearing in a lagoon off the Tuckerton Creek a little inland from the coast in south New Jersey. Excerpt appears in New York Times article, free registration required, at http://nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Mystery-Blob.html

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