http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4429192.stm
"An 18-year-old American is about to combine high school with politics - by becoming mayor of his home town.

Michael Sessions - who last year ran for his school council and lost - has been elected mayor of Hillsdale, a town of 8,200 in the US state of Michigan.

He ousted the 51-year-old incumbent in a campaign costing $700 (£400) paid for by a summer job selling toffee apples.

Mr Sessions says he intends to carry on studying through his four-year term and will go to town meetings after class."

That's fucked up.

I believe he ran unopposed - which is itself damn odd, for a city of 8200.

Teen launches UK Airline at age 19
http://www.gnextinc.com/news/011109051.html
"London - A 19-year-old teenager who dropped out of his A-level studies has now launched his own airline."

""It's very difficult to get a job in the industry at the moment so I thought I would start my own company. I'm probably the only airline boss in the UK who will actually fly the planes,""

"Halstead, funded the project largely from the sale of his airline computer simulation software firm - upon which he was working since 15. As of now he has bought an 18-seater plane and plans to lease another for flights to Edinburgh and Cardiff."