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Vermont Goat Elected Town Mayor; Beats Out Gerbil, Dog, For Office

Bill Gnade

Voters in Fair Haven, VT have spoken, electing a 3-year-old female goat named Lincoln to graze in the town offices as the new town mayor. The goat will take office on Tuesday.

According to the Associated Press, the folks of Fair Haven, a town of 2,500 that sits on the border with New York, do not have a human mayor, but the caprine mayor will reportedly do just fine as the town's "honorary pet mayor."

22-Foot-High Memorial To Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. To Be Put On Boston Common
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22-Foot-High Memorial To Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. To Be Put On Boston Common

Matthew McDonald

Giant bronze hands holding each other has been selected as the winning design for a 22-foot-high memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King slated for Boston Common.

Called "The Embrace," the monument is expected to take 12 to 18 months to build and to cost between $3 and $4 million, according to the BU Daily Press.

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