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Laying an egg: Brees picked off 5 times, Falcons close in on NFC South title with 23-13 win
• ATLANTA (AP) -- Boy, did Drew Brees lay an egg against the Atlanta Falcons.
• Five interceptions for the first time in his career.
• The end of his NFL-record touchdown streak.
• And a timing mistake that cost the Saints dearly.
• The Falcons raced to a 17-0 lead, then turned to their defense to make it stand up. The result was a 23-13 victory Thursday night that pushed Atlanta to the brink of a division championship and may have finished off the Saints' fading hopes.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Friday, Nov. 30, the 335th day of 2012. There are 31 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Nov. 30, 1982, the Michael Jackson album "Thriller" was released by Epic Records.
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• On this date:
• In 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
• In 1803, Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
• In 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- better known as Mark Twain -- was born in Florida, Mo.
• In 1874, British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace.
• In 1900, Irish writer Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
• In 1936, London's famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851, was destroyed in a fire.
• In 1939, the Winter War began as Soviet troops invaded Finland. (The conflict ended the following March with a Soviet victory.)
• In 1954, Ann Elizabeth Hodges of Oak Grove, Ala., was slightly injured when an (Continued on page 42)
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