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Arizona animal shelter has 36-pound cat

PHOENIX

An Arizona animal shelter has a rather large cat on its hands.

The Maricopa County Animal Care and Control recently received a 36-pound cat at one of its shelters in the Phoenix area.

The cat named Meatball is staying temporarily in an office at the shelter because he’s too large to fit into a standard kennel.

The cat is not available for adoption.

Instead, the shelter is trying to place him with a rescue organization that helps overweight cats.

The shelter says Meatball is extremely friendly and that he can walk comfortably despite his weight.

Boxes in Utah labeled ‘TNT’ turn out to be soap

TOOELE, Utah

A bomb squad in Utah checking out two boxes labeled as explosives says the containers turned out to be full of homemade soap.

The discovery at a Tooele home about 6 p.m. Wednesday prompted officials to evacuate about 20 houses. The area was cleared about 10 p.m.

Police say the homeowner was doing maintenance on the subfloor of his home when he found the boxes labeled “Explosives/TNT.”

Tooele Community Services supervisor Bucky Whitehouse says the soap got wet and started to foam, which is a common phenomenon of aging and volatile dynamite.

The Unified Fire Authority Bomb Squad used X-ray to determine the packages weren’t explosives. They later found the contents were labeled as soap.

Associated Press