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Tiny kitten rescued from conveyer belt at recycling plant

GALT, Calif.

A worker at a Northern California recycling center saved a tiny kitten from certain death when he spotted the animal heading down a conveyor belt.

Tony Miranda tells television station KCRA that he was sorting recyclables Tuesday when he found the pink-nosed, white-pawed cat between the debris and scooped it up.

It’s not clear how the kitten got in with the trash, but it may have survived a ride in a dump truck before a tractor pushed it onto one of two conveyer belts.

A call went out to employees of Cal-Waste Recovery Systems that a baby cat had been discovered at the facility in Galt, a city about 90 miles northeast of San Francisco.

Another worker decided to adopt the kitten and named it Murphy.

TV station reporting live when Minnesota bank robbed again

ROCHESTER, Minn.

An Iowa television station was doing a live update on a Minnesota bank robbery when police say the suspect returned to rob it a second time.

KIMT-TV of Mason City, Iowa, was outside Sterling State Bank in Rochester on Tuesday when a bank employee ran out and pointed out the robbery suspect.

Reporter Adam Sallet broke away from the report, saying: “I have to go. I have to call 911.”

The Post-Bulletin reports that police spotted the suspect’s vehicle on U.S. Highway 52. Minnesota State Patrol says the 36-year-old Rochester man was pulled over south of Minneapolis and arrested.

Police Capt. John Sherwin says the man is suspected of robbing the bank two days in a row. In both robberies, the suspect presented a note and escaped with money.

Sea otter known for cup-stacking skills dies at zoo after illness

TACOMA, Wash.

A 19-year-old southern sea otter known for her ability to stack plastic cups has died at the zoo where she lived in Washington state.

Officials with the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma said Tuesday that Nellie was euthanized Sunday after experiencing an acute illness.

A zoo spokeswoman says veterinarians will have a better idea of the cause and nature of the illness once they get test results.

Nellie learned to use her forepaws to stack the nesting cups before she came to the Tacoma zoo in 2004. Tacoma keepers continued to do it with the otter as a way to help keep her physically active and mentally alert.

A zoo video of Nellie posted on YouTube three years ago has been viewed more than 2.6 million times.

Associated Press