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Wimpy Kid Author Revamps Hometown with $25M Project
Jeff Kinney, author of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," is investing $25 million to revitalize Plainville, Massachusetts, his hometown. The project includes a town green, restaurant, and beer garden. Meanwhile, the Smithsonian National Zoo celebrated the birth of Lin Mai, a rare Asian elephant calf, who is being raised with the help of a surrogate "auntie" elephant.