CHRIS BROWN QUITS MUSIC

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Chris Brown has reportedly quit music – for good.

A few weeks ago, Chris Brown tweeted:  ”Don’t worry, mainstream America,” Brown wrote. “After this X album, it’ll probably be my last album.

“Being famous is amazing when it’s for your music and talent,” he continued. “I’m tired of being famous for a mistake I made when I was 18. I’m cool and over it!”

Later Brown took back his comment and said he would be making records “until the day I die.”  BUT, Brown told WWN last night that he has told his manager, agent, producers, and his band and now… his fans, that he is getting out of music forever.

“I’m done.  I’m going to become a lawyer.”

Brown has learned a lot from being in jail and going to the courthouse so many times, so he thinks he can be a great lawyer.

Brown thought that the news would “shake the world to its core,” but nobody has barely noticed.

“I’m glad he’s done.  I hate his music,” said Shaniqwa Williams of Harlem.  ”He sucks.”

His ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, thought Brown was making the right move.  ”He doesn’t need music.  He’s a really great person who will succeed in whatever he does.”

Brown hopes to go to law school, as soon as he gets his GED and his college degree.

UFO OVER TEXAS

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A UFO flew across Texas last week.  The aliens were from Planet Zeeba!

Thousands of citizens saw a small white object appear across the skyline of San Antonio, traveling at low altitude.  It was traveling SouthWest then turned Northwest, then it hovered.

The mysterious object was first discovered by Mario Vallejo, who had his camera running for an hour outside his home – in a technique is known as skyfishing.

He said: “To me it’s an orb, and I’ve been seeing these things a lot around here. I really don’t know what they are?”

WWN spoke with Dr. John Malley, the head of the U.N. Panel on Extraterrestrials. He told WWN ,”we have confirmed that it is a UFO and that the spaceship is from Planet Zeeba.  It has all the markings of a Zeeban ship.”

Malley said that the Zeebans are peaceful aliens and that they have come to Earth to help us overcome our challenges, to save the planet AND to battle against The Gootans – other aliens who have come to Earth, to harm us.

“The Zeeban ship over Texas is a good sign,” said Dr. Malley.  ”They are prepared to fight The Gootans.  The time is near..”

Here are some videos that were posted before it was confirmed to be a Zeeban ship.

VIRGIN GALACTIC TO FLY TO THE SUN

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Richard Branson announced that Virgin Galactic is going to fly to sun!

Sir Richard Branson announced that the RedKnight aircraft that will fly to the sun starting in 2015.  The plane will be able to hold 238 passengers.  And the airline will be booking flights starting next month.

The Virgin Galactic team is thrilled to be the first airline to fly to the sun.  Here’s Richard Branson making the announcement:

During the flight passengers will be able to float around the cabin due to weightlessness.  Passengers will all be equipped with a heat protection suit that will keep them at a cool 72 degrees as they approach the sun.

“We would love to land on the Sun, but that isn’t possible… yet,” reportedly said Sir Richard.

Accompanied by his partner, Jackie Lavin, today, Branson said: ‘I wanted to be the first Irishman in space and I’m really looking forward to it and being the first human to get close to the sun.

“I’ve been interested in space ever since I followed comic hero Dan Dare when I was a kid.”

NASA is skeptical about the flight to the sun.  ”They’re going to burn up as son as they pass Venus,” said Dr. Keith Bablon of NASA.  ”I wouldn’t ever get on that plane.”

“He’s not invited,” said Sir Richard.

SO, of you want to go to the Sun… book now!!

WORLD’S LONGEST DREADLOCKS

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She has 55ft long dreadlocks that are longer than a city bus!

Asha Mandela is a 50-year-old mother from Atlanta, who has been called the “black Rapunzel” for her 55-foot dreadlocks, the world’s longest.

“My hair has become part of me. It is my life. I will never cut it,” Mandela said, adding that she maintained her locks even while undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. The tattooed mother of one has also overcome two strokes and two heart attacks.

Her roughly 39 pounds of hair have affected her spine. “The doctors seem to think I have a curvature of my spine and that it’s the length and the weight of my hair that’s making me curve,” she said. “Some have said my neck has collapsed at the back and that I need to be careful because I could start having spasms in my spine and probably be paralyzed.”

But Mandela wants to keep growing her hair. “Cutting it would be equivalent to suicide. It would be like being a zombie.”

She said: ‘My hair has become part of me. It is my life. I will never cut it.  She now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest dreadlocks.

She calls her hair ‘her baby’ and credits them with helping her overcome cancer, two strokes and two heart-attacks.

Her incredible hair has also brought her fans across the world and she has launched her own secret hair formula on the back of her success.

It takes two days to wash and dry her hair, which weighs the same as a reception-age child, and is even heavier when wet. 

It can also get easily trapped in doors or snag on bushes.

She has to wind it up into a baby sling when she leaves the house which gives her a greater degree of freedom.

But Mrs Mandela worries that ‘someone with a hair fetish’ will cut off a lock of her hair when she is not looking.

 

Mrs Mandela, who has a 11-year-old son, Zion, with her second husband, said her hair has helped her love life.

She said: ‘My hair has never caused a problem with intimacy. I think it adds a little spice on top.’

Mrs Mandela, who is happily married to her third husband, was born in Trinidad and Tobago.

She began growing her hair 25 years ago following a ‘spiritual calling’.

Her mother did not want her to because she thought it would make her daughter more likely to start smoking cannabis.

She even carried on growing her hair while undergoing chemotherapy.

Eventually a friend suggested she speak to Guinness and in 2009 they crowned her with the title of world’s longest dreadlocks.

They officially measured 19ft 6in but an unofficial measurement this week put one strand of her hair at an incredible 55ft 7in long – almost three times the official length.

Hairdresser Angela Davis of Natural Hair and Holistics who helps style Asha’s hair on special occasions.

She said: ‘I was amazed when she first walked through the door. My first thought was – “God, how much am I gonna have to charge her”.

“Now I see it as an honor to work with someone with so much hair and to be able to do something good with it.”

WORLD’S LARGEST HALIBUT

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A fisherman has caught the largest Halibut in the history of the world!

An angler has smashed the world record for the biggest halibut fish ever caught on rod and line.

The enormous flat fish tipped the scales at a whopping 37 stones – heavier than a wild gorilla.

It was caught by Marco Liebenow who jokingly thought he had hooked into a submarine when the monster halibut took his bait.

After taking 90 minutes reeling it towards the surface, the 9ft long fish was too big to haul onboard his small boat in Norway.

So he and three friends tied a rope around its tail and towed it back to shore where it had to be hoisted on to the quayside by a crane.

It weighed in at 513lbs, easily beating the existing record of 419lbs for an Atlantic halibut as recognised by the International Game Fishing Association.

Marco, who is in his 30s and from Germany, has now submitted a claim to the IGFA and is awaiting confirmation.

David Bottcher, of the angling tour company Angelreisen Hamburg that organised to fishing trip to Kjollefjord, Norway, said: ‘David does not speak any English but has said it was a wonderful feeling to catch it and has called it a fish of a lifetime.

‘When he first hooked it it felt like he has caught a submarine because it was so big.

‘It took four men to bring it towards their 19ft boat and then they could only put a sling around its tail and pull it back to the harbour.

‘Marco was elated afterwards and celebrated with the boat skipper and their housekeeper by having a few beers.

‘Before he left for the trip, he called us first to ask for a few hints about how and where to fish – I guess our advice paid off.

‘It looks like it is a world record for a halibut but we are waiting to have it confirmed.’

Marco donated the halibut to a local fish dealer.

Atlantic halibut – Hippoglossus hippoglossus in Latin – is among the largest bony fish in the world.

Their native habitat is the the northern Atlantic, from Greenland to the Barents Sea and as far south as the Bay of Biscay.

They can reach up to 15ft in length and weigh up to 700lbs and can live for 50 years.

Their diet is usually other fish like cod, haddock and herring although they do face predation from seals and the Greenland shark.

Reported by Anna Edwards for The Daily Mail

SUPER HONEY CURES ALL WOUNDS!

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A super honey has been produced that appears to cure all wounds and infections! 

The bio-engineered product Surgihoney was tested on babies, new mothers, cancer patients and the elderly for over a year in Hampshire hospitals.

Wounds and ulcers, including those infected with the superbug MRSA, healed within days, while the number of women who suffered infections after giving birth by caesarean section has halved.

It has also healed the wounds of soldiers returning from Afghanistan, and been used to treat acne and to protect the skin of cancer patients fitted with a catheter for chemotherapy.

Dr Matthew Dryden, consultant microbiologist at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘It will revolutionise wound care around the world.’

Honey has been used for its healing powers for thousands of years, although doctors favour penicillin and antibiotics.

However, Surgihoney, which is stored in 10g sachets, can kill bacteria, parasites and fungal infections while also encouraging wounds to heal.

Dr Dryden said: ‘I have conducted numerous laboratory tests and compared it with honeys from around the world.

‘I found Surgihoney better for treating every type of bug. So for the past year I have been using it on patients and the results have been amazing.

‘There are plenty of products that can kill bacteria but they often don’t help heal tissue.

‘Honey is a fantastic natural medicine. The important extra is that it kills the bugs but doesn’t damage the tissue.’

Surgihoney is being developed by Ian Staples, a businessman who once owned the Halfords motor accessories chain.

He bought an organic farm in southern Chile, set up beehives then funded scientific researchers in Ireland to identify the unique health elements.

The honey has been licensed  by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority in the UK but is not yet commercially available.

Originally reported by Valerie Elliott in The Daily Mail

OPRAH TURNED FOR A MORTGAGE

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Oprah reportedly tried to get a mortgage for her nephew in Brooklyn – but was turned down!

Multiple banks turned down Oprah Winfrey for a mortgage on a brownstone in Brooklyn.  She was buying it for her nephew.  Bank representatives said “Brooklyn real estate is very hot right now and even though Oprah is a multi-millionaire, we have to look all applicants closely… and unfortunately we worry that her nephew may not be able to carry the mortgage.

Oprah was reportedly very upset and stormed out of a bank on Flatbush Avenue.

This happened right after Oprah made a trip to a Zurich, in which she had a racial encounter. Winfrey said she was in town for Tina Turner’s wedding last month and stopped in the posh Trois Pommes boutique where she asked a clerk to see a $38,000 Tom Ford bag behind a glass case.

“She says, ‘No, it’s too expensive,’” Winfrey, 59, said.

“She said, ‘No, no, no you want to see this one because that one will cost too much. You won’t be able to afford that one.’”

“She refused to get it … she said, ‘I don’t want to hurt your feelings,’ and I said, ‘Okay, thank you so much, you’re probably right I can’t afford it.’ Now why does she do that?”

Winfrey, who Forbes estimates earned $77 million between June 2012 and June 2013, said she left without making a further scene over the “Jennifer” bag, which is named for Jennifer Aniston, rather than give the clerk a commission.

“I could have had the big blow up thing and thrown down the black card but why do that,” Winfrey said during an interview to publicize her new movie, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.”

Back in Brooklyn, banks are scrambling to help get Oprah a mortgage.  Al Sharpton is reportedly planning a “March for Oprah” because he feels their are “racist overtones” to Oprah’s nephew being turned down.

Ellen got a mortgage for her nephew in Brooklyn.  No problem.

STUDY: DOLPHINS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD

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A new study reportedly out of Yale University predicts dolphins will rule Earth within two hundred years.

Dolphins can imitate human actions, can solve problems and soon… will be able to run the world and control human beings (the ones that are left).

As an example, recently a bottlenose dolphin was blindfolded and instructed to mimic the actions of a trainer in the water with him. When the dolphin wasn’t able to use sight to figure out the movement, he switched to another technique: emit sounds, listen to the echo and interpret the resulting sound waves. This ability — known as echolocation — allowed the dolphin to replicate movements by the trainer, such as spinning in the water.

In this and numerous other studies, dolphins have been outsmarting humans.  ”People always talk about how computers will run the world soon, but our first hand research with dolphins, proves that they are getting smarter every year and will be able to outsmart all humans very soon,” said Dr. Denise Jakoonian research director of the nonprofit Human Dolphin Center.

Janet Lappe, a professor of biology and psychology at Yale University told WWN that dolphins are still “evolving” and humans are “devolving.”

“Smart women on Earth have stopped reproducing.  Humans are getting dumber.  But dolphins continue to get smarter and soon will be able to operate computers better than we can,” said Lappe.

How can that be?  ”Believe it,” said Lappe.  ”Dolphins will rule the water AND the land.”  She predicted that by 2100 dolphins will have evolved to a point that they will walk the earth and “when that happens, it’s over for humans.”

Well… Flipper for President!!

FATBERG ATTACKS!

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A 15 ton bus-sized lump of rotting food is alive and attacking London citizens!!

Nicknamed “Fatberg” – London authorities are trying to control the blob from killing anymore people.  So far, four sanitation workers have lost their lives trying to control “Fatberg.”

Fatberg was born out of a huge lump of rotting food in the drains beneath a road in Kingston, South West London.  It has soon moved to other parts of London and looks to be heading for Buckingam Palace.

The congealed mushy deposit is thought to be the largest ever found in Britain – and the only one that has come “alive” – with a mind of its own.

Fatberg was first discovered after residents in nearby buildings complained that they couldn’t flush their toilets.

This was the last anyone saw of Ian Goldman of Bristol.  Fatberg got him.

Fritz Barnwood, waste contracts supervisor for Thames Water said: “While we’ve removed greater volumes of fat from under central London in the past, we’ve never seen a single, congealed lump of lard this big clogging our sewers before.  And I am not going to send my men down there anymore.  We lost four good men already.”

Sean Lawton of East London succumbed to the smell before being eaten by Fatberg:

President Obama has offered London several “Fatberg drones” to be used underground to kill Fatberg.  But, David Cameron said that he thinks they will be able to handle the blob on their own.  ”President Obama has his own rotting food to worry about,” said the Prime Minister.

SUBWAY SHARKS!

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Sharks have been spotted on New York City subways!

Tiger sharks, bull sharks, blue sharks and hammerhead sharks have all been spotted riding the New york subways in recent weeks.

Shocked conductors and passengers have seen the sharks on subway platforms, cars and even in elevators that lead to the street.  The sharks seemed to be fond of the “A Train” the most.

Juan Verdon, of Brooklyn, New York, said he smelled something “fishy” when he boarded the 6 Train by Astor Place and then he looked down and saw a shark in the subway car, under a row of seats.  ”The car was packed, so I didn’t notice the shark at first, but then when we got going I looked down and there it was.  It looked dead, but it wasn’t,” said Verdon.

Most New Yorkers responded to the shark with a “whatever” attitude, not wanting to get involved with the sharks.  ”Hey, they’re not biting anybody, so just let them be.  I’m late for work anyway,” said Jessica Langdon of the Upper West Side.

Why are the sharks on the subways?  Experts are looking into it but Mayor Bloomberg said it obviously has something to do with Global Warming.

BAT BOY SPOTTED WITH “THE DRIVER”

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Bat Boy was spotted on South Beach reading the hot new comic thriller, The Driver!

Bat Boy finished the book in record time, which was tough because he had lot of beautiful women interrupting him.  Women like these fans:

The Driver is a quirky comic novel following an innocent’s escapades escorting “dancers” on their nocturnal rounds in Hollywood in his family’s faded Cadillac. THE DRIVER is the semi-autobiographical debut novel of writer/comedian Greg D’Alessandro.

THE DRIVER is an irreverent, summer getaway that puts the reader in the shoes of unlikely protagonist and struggling screenwriter, George Donato. No one is less qualified – but George perseveres, awkwardly navigating the sexual desires of Hollywood’s glitterati and the needs of his visiting mother, while befriending a coterie of beautiful, idiosyncratic dancers. George is truly tested when the death of a recent high-profile dance patron locks him in a navigation struggle while his moral compass batteries are low.

The Driver was inspired by a friend who held a similar job:

PINK PLANET

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Astronomers have discovered a pink  planet and have identified it as… Planet Zeeba.

NASA scientists have been searching for Planet Zeeba for decades.  And now they have found it orbiting a star like our sun, just outside the Milky Way. Astronomers were not surprised to learn that Planet Zeeba – known as “the friendliest planet in the galaxy” is pink.

Planet Zeeba is the lowest-mass planet ever detected around a star using direct imaging techniques, but it is still several times the mass of Jupiter and similar in size. So, it’s big AND pink.

Kip McTwigan, a member of the discovery team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, said: ‘If we could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a bright pink.”

Pink planet Zeeba lies at a projected distance of 43.5 astronomical units from its star – which is around one-and-a-half times the distance Neptune is from our sun.

The average temperature on Zeeba is reportedly 75 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it the ideal weather, especially considering it looks like it only gets rain 20-30 days a year – which is longer on Zeeba.

As reported on WWN for the last two years, aliens from Planet Zeeba are on our planet, and have come here to help stop us from destroying our own planet and protect us from the aggressive, belligerent aliens from Planet Gootan.

NEW YORK CITY VOTED FRIENDLIEST PLACE ON EARTH!

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According to a worldwide study, the most welcoming place in the world is: New York City!

The Barnkopf Travel Study has unveiled the results of its readers choice survey on the world’s friendliest cities, with an American city (New York) being the friendliest and another American city (Los Angeles) being the least friendly

New York City beat out beautiful cities in Brazil, Thailand, The Maldives and Italy to be the best… and was often referred to as the ‘Island of Magic’.  ”The people in New York City are so kind and friendly and nice… they are the nicest people on the planet,” said a tourist from Germany.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles – which boasts beautiful landscapes, was voted the least friendly place on Earth.  ”The people there are so rude and fake.  Very, very fake,” said a tourist from Denmark.  ”They smile on the outside but they are nasty on the inside.”

Mayor Bloomberg of New York City, however, was not voted the friendliest.  He had a 86% unfavorable rating with voters around the globe.

Here’s the top ten ( and bottom ten):

Friendliest cities:

1.  New York City, USA

2. Florianopolis, Brazil

2.  Rome, Italy

3. Thimpu, Bhutan

4. Queenstown, New Zealand

5. Charleston, South Carolina

6. Warsaw, Poland

7. Margaret River, Australia

8. Mandalay, Burma

9. Kilkenny, Ireland

10. Chiang Mai, Thailand

Unfriendliest cities:

1. Los Angeles, California

2. Baghdad, Iraq

3. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

4. Luanda, Angola

5. Kuwait City, Kuwait

6. Lome, Togo

7. Seattle, Washington

8. Detroit, Michigan

9.  Beijing, China

10. Tangier, Morocco

HARVARD RATED #1 PARTY SCHOOL

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Princeton Review’s 2013 list of best party schools is out.  Harvard is #1 – for the third year in a row!

Princeton Review has come out with their list of top party schools for 2013, and Harvard takes the title for the second time in a row.  College students in Cambridge lead the way in party fun. In celebration, The Harvard Glee Club sang “The Camel Drivers” for five hours straight.  Students rattled noisemakers all night.

Harvard, always considered the #1 school in academics, has recently becoming the biggest party school in the country.  ”We want to be #1 in everything.  And we have come up with a formula that will guarantee we stay #1 for the foreseeable future.  We’ve come up with the Party Algorithm, ” said Thomas Benson, Dean of Parties at Harvard.

“The schools on this list are mostly universities with strong academic and research profiles, as well as highly successful athletic programs,” a representative for West Virginia, the second ranked school, said in a news release. “But in the big picture, clearly this list has no real credibility. We should be number one.”

Harvard also topped the “Lots of Beer” list while Providence College was No.1 for “Lots of Hard Liquor.”

Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, led the “Stone Cold Sober” list.

“Schools on the ‘Party Schools’ list are those at which surveyed students’ answers indicated a combination of: low personal daily study hours (outside of class), high usages of alcohol and drugs on campus and high popularity on campus for frats/sororities,” the Princeton Review said on its website.

The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University.  It is a test preparation and college admissions consulting company based in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Here is the list of the top 20 party schools:

1) Harvard University

2) Syracuse University

3) University of Iowa

4) Ohio University

5) Sarah Lawrence College

6) Santa Monica College

7) University of Florida in Gainesville

8) University of California-Santa Barbara

9) Florida State University

10) Rutgers University

11) The Citadel

12) Penn State University

13) DePauw University

14) University of Wisconsin-Madison

15) Grinnell  College

16)  Texas A&M

17) University of Maryland

18) University of South Carolina

19) University of Notre Dame

20) Oral Roberts University

Hard-partying college students around the country are up in arms over the selection.  Jeb Milkin, a senior at the University of Tennessee said, “No way, man!!  Harvard is for nerds and dorks and boring people. There’s no way they can out party us at Tennessee. No freaking way.”

To prove his party prowess, Jeb put on a gas mask and did a mega bong hit AND a keg-stand at the same time. The Princeton Review, the elite organization that also scores the SATs, gave Jeb only a 620 (out of 800) on his keg stand.  Meanwhile, Charlotte Blackmon of Harvard University, who was valedictorian of her Choate high school class and had perfect SAT scores, also did a keg stand for the Princeton Review judges. Her keg stand earned her a 800.  J.T. complained because he thought the judges were influenced by her exposed butt cheek. You decide. Here’s Charlotte in action:

The Harvard guys never want to be out done in the Harvard Keg Stand competition:

Harvard President, Drew Gilpin Faust,  was not surprised.  “Harvard has a long history of wild parties. Just last winter we had a Scrabble Scramble that was just divine.  “I was bouncing off the walls” said Arthur Goldstein, a freshman at Harvard.  “I had two oatmeal cookies and a glass of lemonade. I was up until 2 a.m.!”

Harvard girls preparing for another wild one:

According to the Princeton Review, Harvard has some of the best “party clubs” in the country. Here are some of the wild events that were happening on campus when the Princeton Review Party Crew visited:

* Ballroom Dance-o-rama
* Shakespeare Sonnet Night with Elena Kagan
* In Vino Veritas: Wine Tasting with Paul Giamatti
* Midnight Squash (Co-ed!)
* Metaphysical 17th Century Poetry Slam
* Corporate Legal Brief Readings – in your briefs!
* Timed Rubik’s Cube Competition
* Afternoon Soda-palooza
* Keg Stand Instruction with Charlotte Blackmon

Harvard students, who are used to being #1 in everything, were ecstatic to hear the news. They want college students across the country to know that they can throw down, too. “I always knew we had the best soirees,” said sophomore Jiddu Balasubramaniu. “There’s a lot of Harvard Haters out there, but we don’t care. We’re better than everyone else… in everything. Forever.”

To celebrate, Harvard students had a Scone and Herbal Tea Party in Harvard Square.  The main attraction:  Charlotte Blackmon doing keg stands.

What do you think?  Would you be able to handle a Harvard Party?

4-YEAR-OLD MAYOR

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Robert ‘Bobby’ Tufts isn’t yet in preschool, but he’s been elected twice the mayor of a town in Minnesota.

Mayor Tufts’ name was picked Sunday during annual Taste of Dorset festival to be mayor of Dorset for a second term. 

The city has a small city government and a population of 220 to 240.  Like any small town, Mayor Tufts only works a few weeks a year and makes decisions about budgets and taxes.

In the election, anyone could vote as many times as they like — for $1 a vote — at any of the ballot boxes in stores around town.

Bobby was only 3 when he won election last year. His mother, Emma Tufts, said she and her son, who turns 5 in October, got choked up when his name was pulled for re-election Sunday.

‘He’s been going since 3 o’clock yesterday with cameras on his face,’ she said Sunday afternoon. ‘He’s having a long day but he’s done really well. I’m surprised.’

Asked how he felt during a phone interview, a tired Bobby made clear he was done answering questions. ‘I want to be with the boys,’ he told his mother.

 They were on their way to dinner and then planned to go fishing or have a bonfire to celebrate. Bobby, of nearby Nevis, starts preschool this fall.Emma Tufts said her son’s agenda includes raising money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley in Fargo, North Dakota, and a new welcome sign for Dorset, which bills itself as the Restaurant Capital of the World.President Obama has invited Mayor Tufts to the White House and may make him an official advisor on Obamacare.

Originally reported in The Associated Press. 

GIANT HOLE IN THE SUN!

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A space telescope aimed at the sun has spotted a gigantic hole in sun!

A dark spot that covers nearly a quarter of our closest star, spewing solar material and gas into space.

The so-called coronal hole over the sun’s north pole came into view between July 13 and 18 and was observed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO. NASA released a video of the sun hole as seen by the SOHO spacecraft, showing the region as a vast dark spot surrounded by solar activity.

Coronal holes are darker, cooler regions of the sun’s atmosphere, or corona, containing little solar material. In these gaps, magnetic field lines whip out into the solar wind rather than looping back to the sun’s surface. Coronal holes can affect space weather, as they send solar particles streaming off the sun about three times faster than the slower wind unleashed elsewhere from the sun’s atmosphere, according to a description from NASA.

“While it’s unclear what causes coronal holes, they correlate to areas on the sun where magnetic fields soar up and away, failing to loop back down to the surface, as they do elsewhere,” NASA’s Karen Fox at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., explained in an image description.

Some at NASA fear that the sun is about to break apart and collapse, which some think would mean the end of Earth, and humans.  ”Actually, there’s nothing to worry about,” said astrophysicist  Paul Comito. “If the Sun breaks apart, there is another Sun just outside our galaxy that will fill the void and take over and be our new sun.  It’s the natural order of the universe. We have a backup.”

So, don’t worry… there’s a giant hole in the sun, but… it’s all good.

Reporting and original article by Megan Gannon.  Originally published on SPACE.com.