He sold off the oilfields and filled in the remaining shell with a gold mining company, renaming it Royal Gold.

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The raid appeared to have taken place next to a major road that was filled with debris, and shell casings were strewn on the ground.

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"Two years ago, no one would have touched anything to do with Lake Las Vegas, " says Andrew Stegen, general manager of Ravella, the hotel that filled the Ritz-Carlton's shell in early 2011.

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Called the Hummer O2 (like the H2, only less toxic), this concept -- which just won the L.A. Auto Show Design Challenge -- incorporates a number of innovative, futuristic features into its oddly-shaped chassis, not the least of which is a "phototropic" body shell that contains algae-filled panels.

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It has the texture of a slightly melted Cadbury Creme Egg, with a shell made of crumbled cookies instead of chocolate and filled with refreshing lemon-bergamot sorbet instead of oozing sugar.

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Saline implants require a much smaller incision, meaning less scarring. (The shell of the implant is inserted and only then is it filled with saline.) Removing it is also easier.

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