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the town of dorsett, minnesota, the population somewhere in the 25 range.r bobby tuft has lost his seat. eric miller won 100% of the vote. dorsett's election is openly bought and sold every year. here's how it works. on the first sunday of august, thousands descend on dorsett, minnesota to sample its restaurant. while they're in town, they're allowed to vote in the mayoral election. it cost $1, you write in the name of the person you want elected. you can buy as many tickets or votes as you want to and they draw a name out of the bucket and that person becomes the new mayor. that's right, they elect a mayor by raffle. for the last two terms they elected robert tufts. he likes fishing and eating ice cream and he doesn't get spined down on specifics like any politician.
the town of dorsett, minnesota, the population somewhere in the 25 range.r bobby tuft has lost his seat. eric miller won 100% of the vote. dorsett's election is openly bought and sold every year. here's how it works. on the first sunday of august, thousands descend on dorsett, minnesota to sample its restaurant. while they're in town, they're allowed to vote in the mayoral election. it cost $1, you write in the name of the person you want elected. you can buy as many tickets or votes as you...
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the town of dorsett, minnesota, the population somewhere in the 25 range. incumbent mayer bobby tuft has lost his seat. eric miller won 100% of the vote. dorsett's election is openly bought and sold every year. here's how it works. on the first sunday of august, thousands descend on dorsett, minnesota to sample its restaurant. while they're in town, they're allowed to vote in the mayoral election. it cost $1, you write in the name of the person you want elected. you can buy as many tickets or votes as you want to and they draw a name out of the bucket and that person becomes the new mayor. that's right, they elect a mayor by raffle. for the last two terms they elected robert tufts. he likes fishing and eating ice cream and he doesn't get spined down on specifics like any politician. >> what's your favorite flaifer? >> chocolate and vanilla strawberry. >> he was 3 years old when he first ran for office. his obvious appeal was not enough to defeat new mayor eric miller, who is 16 years old. every dollar spent to elect him will go to the ronald mcdonald founda
the town of dorsett, minnesota, the population somewhere in the 25 range. incumbent mayer bobby tuft has lost his seat. eric miller won 100% of the vote. dorsett's election is openly bought and sold every year. here's how it works. on the first sunday of august, thousands descend on dorsett, minnesota to sample its restaurant. while they're in town, they're allowed to vote in the mayoral election. it cost $1, you write in the name of the person you want elected. you can buy as many tickets or...
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. >> bobby was elected two years ago to be the honorary mayor of dorse dorsett, minnesota.population of about eight people. after a tough re-election bid, he failed to win a third term during dorsett's annual festival. he said being mayor was a tough job, but it came with perks. >> i had to talk to the cameras so much, i can't make googly eyes. nobody can arrest me. not even a cop. >> not even a cop. who did he lose to? a 16-year-old. his younger 2-year-old brother said he's ready to throw his hat into the race for mayor next year. >> i have never been on live television before. but sometimes i don't watch the news. >> did he say he doesn't watch the news? my goodness. with fame comes some fortune. the 5-year-old pennsylvania boy known now as the apparently kid now has his own line of apparel. apparently t-shirts are sold at the county fair where noah ritter gave that interview that has made him an internet sensation. people are snatching up the t-shirts quickly. profits from the $10 shirts are going to the shriner's hospital for children. >> that's good. >> apparently. >>
. >> bobby was elected two years ago to be the honorary mayor of dorse dorsett, minnesota.population of about eight people. after a tough re-election bid, he failed to win a third term during dorsett's annual festival. he said being mayor was a tough job, but it came with perks. >> i had to talk to the cameras so much, i can't make googly eyes. nobody can arrest me. not even a cop. >> not even a cop. who did he lose to? a 16-year-old. his younger 2-year-old brother said he's...
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derek dorsett posted this picture of himself next to a comedian from chicago. monk travelled to ferguson, he's been tweeting from the area, including the place where michael brown was shot, writing: also, tibetan monks have been seen in ferguson: and some people are using crowd funding to finance their trips. zelly money is a 6-grade math teacher raising 1200 to travel to ferguson, he's there to help the young people to organise protests, and other groups are doing the same. the group wants to send chartered buses. they have raised 1,000 buses. >> the n.a.a.c.p. wants local governments to do more to help businesses affected by the protests. >> we'll ask both of them, the town executive and the governor to expressly look at, now that it's been clird an emergency, and now that the national guard is in there, to look at the needs for those businesses. those businesses have been looted, some have been burnt. some folks are talking about going out of." some of the businesses are talking about catastrophical losses financially. if this was a tornado, if this was a hu
derek dorsett posted this picture of himself next to a comedian from chicago. monk travelled to ferguson, he's been tweeting from the area, including the place where michael brown was shot, writing: also, tibetan monks have been seen in ferguson: and some people are using crowd funding to finance their trips. zelly money is a 6-grade math teacher raising 1200 to travel to ferguson, he's there to help the young people to organise protests, and other groups are doing the same. the group wants to...
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professor lyle dorsett explores the difficulties chaplains faced and shares stories from many of their autobiographies. this hour-long event was part of the national world war ii museum's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of d-day in june. >>> well, thank you for attending this session. and i will try to leave a little bit of time at the end for questions and answers if you would like. because often lectures raise more questions than they answer so i'll be happy to do that with you. a year and a half ago, i published the book that dr. t doctor just mentioned "serving god and country: u.s. military chaplains in world war ii." and my research to put that book together took me several years and it was something -- i've studied a lot of american history, i've written history. but i didn't expect to be so influenced by something as this book. i really had no sense of the crucial role the chaplains played in world war ii. indeed, i sort of had in my mind that there were these chaplains floating around during a war, a lot of them on the home front in america in those 600 plus chapels that
professor lyle dorsett explores the difficulties chaplains faced and shares stories from many of their autobiographies. this hour-long event was part of the national world war ii museum's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of d-day in june. >>> well, thank you for attending this session. and i will try to leave a little bit of time at the end for questions and answers if you would like. because often lectures raise more questions than they answer so i'll be happy to do that with...
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his small town of dorsett has no formal government. 9 to 28 people. it's an informal title.t-selling book called "the hot zone." we're pleased to have him. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so what's different about this outbreak? >> well, ebola seems to be full of surprises. this outbreak, first of all, is out of control. >> in africa? >> in africa. they've lost control of the virus. they can't track it anymore, they don't know where it's going. there's a very large number of cases, much larger than before. officially about 1600 people have been reported with ebola. i feel that the number is probably below -- that's an underestimate. >> it's close to tipping point? >> it's beyond the tipping point. the virus is out of control. and the other thing about it that's different is that now it's gotten into the cities. for the first time. >> and what's the threat to the global community? >> well, i think the threat to the global community, say for us, for example, in the united states, may not be so great. but the threat to the urban populations in africa looks profound to me.
his small town of dorsett has no formal government. 9 to 28 people. it's an informal title.t-selling book called "the hot zone." we're pleased to have him. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so what's different about this outbreak? >> well, ebola seems to be full of surprises. this outbreak, first of all, is out of control. >> in africa? >> in africa. they've lost control of the virus. they can't track it anymore, they don't know where it's going....
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his small town of dorsett has no formal government. 9 to 28 people. it's an informal title.he supplied the performance-enhancing drugs to alex rodriguez. anthony bosh is charged with one charge of controlled substance. he's due in court later this morning. >> bosh said his agency biogenesis sold pdes to many. rodriguez on "60 minutes" this year. bosh sat down with scott pelley and described a-rod's alleged doping activities. >> once alex rodriguez was fully into your protocol what were the various banned substances? >> -- and some different forms of peptides. >> all of them banned. >> all of them banned. >> and he knew that? >> yes he did. >> and you knew that? >> and i knew that. >> was rodriguez injecting himself with these substances? >> alex was afraid of needles. so at times he would ask me to inject. >> you've injected him? >> yes. >> personally? >> personally. >> rodriguez calls bosch's claim unreliable. >>> 20 years ago, richard preston wrote about the horrors of ebola in his best-selling book called "the hot zone." we're pleased to have him. >> good morning. >> good
his small town of dorsett has no formal government. 9 to 28 people. it's an informal title.he supplied the performance-enhancing drugs to alex rodriguez. anthony bosh is charged with one charge of controlled substance. he's due in court later this morning. >> bosh said his agency biogenesis sold pdes to many. rodriguez on "60 minutes" this year. bosh sat down with scott pelley and described a-rod's alleged doping activities. >> once alex rodriguez was fully into your...
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tough day for 5-year-old bobby tufts who just lost his bid for a third conservative term as mayor of dorsettminnesota. we will have coverage of those election results coming up next. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. my motheit's delicious. toffee in the world. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at lega
tough day for 5-year-old bobby tufts who just lost his bid for a third conservative term as mayor of dorsettminnesota. we will have coverage of those election results coming up next. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more...