Taylor Swift's Never Ever Getting Back Together Video Debuts

Seventeen days after announcing her new album, Red, and debuting the first single from it, Taylor Swift has released the video for it.

The video for Never Ever Getting Back Together, debuted Thursday, on MTV.

Reportedly taped in a single take, Swift goes through a partially surreal world where her band is dressed as stuffed animals.

She herself had to undergo four costume changes, during the three and a half minute video.

The full album is set to be released, October 22. Unfortunately the video is not playable off the MTV site, til 8pm EDT, August 31.

Victor Airlines Creates Furs Class

UK based Victor Airline now allows for the family dog to fly in their own seat in the cabin.

The private charter jet company is calling the option "Furs Class".

Seats cost about a thousand dollars a piece, but it's the only way to fly the dog across the ocean, without sending them with the freight.

New Belgium Beer Under Threat

Better enjoy those remaining New Belgium beers.

The brewery is currently on emergency reserves of purified water.

Normally they use purified water from the Poudre River, however the High Park Fire has contaminated the river beyond the ability of filters to completely purify.

Fort Collins, Colorado is warning the company that their time using the reserve, is coming to an end.

New Belgium is trying to figure out a way to avoid being forced to use the Poudre water, which they say would ruin their flavor, if not be totally undrinkable.

Hookah Not Better Than Regular Tobacco

According to a recent study released by the Mashhad University of Medical Science, in Iran, and confirmed by the Israel Cancer Association shows that hookah may not be healthier than regular smoking.

In fact, it may actually be worse.

To start with, the tobacco used for hookah, is watered with sewage water, which contains human waste.

The vapor, which is breathed in, contains arsenic, lead, nicotine, coal tar, and other harmful substances.

Hookah's sweet odor and flavor are actually additives used to disguise the other substances.

Several of the ingredients have been known to cause mutations in lab animals, not to mention cancer and other health issues.

As a result, Israel has already increased taxes on hookah tobacco to be even with that of regular tobacco.

South African Miners Charged With Murder in Police Shooting

Two weeks after thirty-four striking miners were killed when police opened fire, some of their comrades are being charged with the deaths.

The miner's strike went violent, and police in self defense shot into the mob, which had previously killed other officers, and attacked miners that attempted to work.

After the massacre, two hundred and seventy miners were arrested and they now face the charge of murder.

Under South African law, they are being tried under "common purpose", which allows for suspects who were with those who died during an incident with police to be charged for their deaths, no matter who shot who.

At this time, no police are being charged, as the incident is still under investigation.

Echo Mountain Has a New Owner

Echo Mountain ski area has finally been sold, but things will be changing a lot there.

The mountain will still be open to the general public, but focus will be growing all the more on training for alpine racing.

World Cup skiers such as Sarah Schleper-Gaxiola, Petter Brenna, Patrik Järbyn, and Mike Farny have already been lined up as coaches.

The Colorado mountain already has a history of being a place where skiers would train, but it has also been successfully focusing on gaining more and more regular skiers.

Nora Pykkonen, the new owner, plans to have it opened in November.

Sharks Causing Massachusetts Beach Closures

Beaches along Massachusetts' Cape Cod are being closed.

Great white shark sightings have increased to such a number that local authorities are willing to lose any remaining tourist money, over the risk of an attack.

Researchers say the sharks are becoming more visible as the local seal population has continued to grow.

The population has greatly increased as they are protected by law.

Seals have actually become a nuisance to fishermen, as they are not even allowed to chase them away from their catches.

As the seals are a favorite meal of sharks, and sharks can easily confuse a human for a seal, people are being warned to stay more than three hundred feet from seals, no matter the location.

Mayor Killed by Donkey

According to police, Mayor William Bohlke was killed by one of his donkeys.

Bohlke, the mayor of Hollywood Park, Texas kept several donkeys on his ranch, and was apparently killed by a five hundred pound male.

Authorities have not released whether he was trampled, kick, or how exactly the donkey did it, but they say they have the proof.

The family will have to decide what to do with the donkey.

A twenty year Air Force veteran, Bohlke had been elected in May to the mayorship, his first public office.

US Marines Aiding Guatemala

Two hundred US Marines have joined Guatemalan forces in the drug war.

They will be patrolling the country's western coast in an effort to keep drug traffickers from using it.

It is part of Operation Martillo, a joint operation between the US, Belize, Britain, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama and Spain.

Operation Martillo aims to end drug trafficking throughout Central America.


Over the summer Operation Martillo has seen various successes that have nearly completely stopped drug traffickers from being able to use the air.

Now focus has moved to the oceans.

On July 16, Guatemala agreed to the presence of US forces, within their borders, and they arrived in early August.

After arriving, they spent two weeks training and rehearsing their mission, and then began operations earlier this week.

Accompanied by four UH-1 helicopters, the Marines are expected to be on station for about two months.

Mango Recall Grows

A mango recall announced five days ago, has been greatly expanded.

Originally for just sections of Canada and one batch of mangoes, it is now for the whole country and six batches of the fruit.

Daniella mangoes with the PLU number 3114, 4051, 4312, 4584, 4959, and 4961 are all now under the recall.

Mangoes from all six groups have tested positive for salmonella, and twenty-one people have fallen ill from them.

The fruit were sold at multiple retailers from July 12 through August 30.

All of the melons were grown in Mexico.