Dead Rule

A dead man was elected mayor of a small Tennessee town eager to oust a woman who'd been appointed to the job after the previous mayor died. Carl Robin Geary Sr, a local alderman known for "straight-talk", was a candidate for mayor of the town of 1,652 people when he died of a heart attack on March 10. He defeated incumbent Barbara Brock 268 votes to 85 in the town of Tracy City's election on Tuesday, the Chattanooga Times reported. "If he were to run again next week I'd vote for him again," Chris Rogers, owner of the town's Lunch Box restaurant, told the paper. "I knew he was deceased. I know that sounds stupid, but we wanted someone other than her (Brock)." Elections officials said the seat would be declared vacant and the city's four aldermen would select a new mayor. Brock, who was appointed in 2008 after the previous mayor died of a heart attack.
When asked how she felt about losing to a dead man, Brock said "I'll live."

Mega Lottery

Two British ticket holders have become the country's biggest lottery winners after scooping a whopping £45,570,835.50 each in the latest EuroMillions draw. The only two winning tickets for the massive £91 million jackpot were bought in the UK so each ticket holder will get half the winnings, smashing the previous record of the highest lottery payout in the UK which previously was £35.4 million. The holders of the winning tickets now have 179 days to claim their prize and make this an official record in England.
In May this year a 25-year-old Spanish woman broke the world record of the highest lottery payout by becoming the biggest EuroMillions, ever, winner when she won £110 million.