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Trooper and motorist: Mysterious object fell from sky

LITCHFIELD, Conn.

Authorities in northwestern Connecticut said they didn’t find anything after a state trooper and another person reported a large object falling out of the sky in Litchfield.

The Republican-American of Waterbury reported that a person driving in Litchfield at about 2 a.m. Tuesday reported that a green, glowing object the size of a whale fell from the sky and crashed into Bantam Lake.

Officials said that at about the same time, a state trooper 10 miles away in Warren called dispatchers to report that something fell out of the sky and landed near Bantam or Morris. Morris firefighters made several passes up and down the lake in a boat looking for a possible plane crash but didn’t find any debris.

Authorities called off the search, leaving the mystery unsolved.

Owner claims diamond ring found in Idaho sewer

BOISE, Idaho

A Boise woman said she believes in miracles after sewer workers found the $6,000 diamond wedding ring she accidentally flushed down the toilet 18 months ago.

Mechelle Rieger claimed the seven- diamond ring Thursday morning at City Hall in Kuna, bringing with her a photo and the March 2001 appraisal from the jeweler that made it.

Rieger thanked city workers Travis Fleming and Carey Knight, who spotted the ring along with loose coins in a filtration basket while doing routine maintenance last week.

Rieger said she freaked out and “just started screaming” when the ring accidentally fell in the toilet. She said there was more screaming involved when she got a voice message from a friend relaying the news about a ring being found in the sewer in her old neighborhood.

LA shelter hopes cats’ iPad art draws in donations

LOS ANGELES

A Los Angeles animal shelter that lets its cats chase toys on top of iPads hopes the digital art created by the movement will encourage donations of money and tablet computers.

An Animal Planet crew visited the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles for the Saturday episode of “Must Love Cats,” where they documented how four cats used an app called Paint for Cats.

The results were so compelling that the shelter turned them into note cards. The cards with drawings titled “Study in Feather Toys” and “Movement in Catnip” are being sold online for $5.99 a pack.

Shelter president Madeline Bernstein said the cats had so much fun, the shelter put used iPads on its wish list so other cats can paint, too.

Associated Press