Place: northern New Mexico

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QUIRKY WORLD ... Parents persevere as toddler flushes ring down the toilet

USA: A Washington family says sewage workers found a diamond in the rough after their four-year-old son flushed his mother’s wedding ring down the toilet.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2016

QUIRKY WORLD... Hero cat invited to "throw" baseball first pitch

USA:

Mon, 19 May, 2014

Quake felt from White House to Obama’s holiday

A 5.9 MAGNITUDE earthquake centred in Virginia yesterday forced evacuations of all the monuments in Washington and rattled nerves from the southern state of Georgia to Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island in the northeast where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries were immediately reported.

Wed, 24 Aug, 2011

Evacuees return as New Mexico wildfire recedes

A smattering of summer rain gave a boost to firefighters battling a huge forest fire near Los Alamos, the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb, giving authorities enough confidence to allow about 12,000 people to return home for the first time in nearly a week.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2011

Son, 14, accused of murdering his family at ranch

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested on charges of murdering his father, stepmother and stepsister after their bodies were found at a ranch in New Mexico.

Fri, 09 Jul, 2004