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Seal aids aquarium proposal

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 06:43 by Prince damin

Boston -- A New Hampshire man says he proposed to his girlfriend at Boston's New England Aquarium with the help of a ring-carrying seal.

Steve Johnson, 24, said he took his girlfriend, Laura Fuller, to the aquarium Saturday to participate in the Training for a Day program as a surprise for her 23rd birthday, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.

Johnson said he conspired weeks ahead of time with marine mammal trainer Lindsay Jones to have Fuller shown a painting created by a seal named Reggae followed by the revealing of a sign behind asking for Fuller's hand in marriage.

While Fuller was reading the message she was approached by a seal named Chacoda, who was carrying a chain with a toy ring in his mouth.

Ring plunges during proposal

Thu, 11/25/2010 - 05:56 by Prince damin

Des Niubes, Wash. -- A Washington state man who proposed to his girlfriend on a marina pier said he accidentally dropped the ring into the water.

Travis Pittman, who popped the question to girlfriend Kim Hopper on a pier near the Des Moines Marina, said he attempted to put the ring on Hopper's finger after she accepted the proposal, but he lost hold of the ring and it fell, KING-TV, Seattle, reported Wednesday.

Pittman, a Web producer for KING-TV, said the ring took a "bizarre bounce" by Hopper's shoe and plunged into Puget Sound.

The future groom said a scuba diver has offered to search with an underwater metal detector.

Couple find, return lost wedding ring

Fri, 09/17/2010 - 06:10 by Prince damin

Austin, Texas -- A Texas widow who dropped her diamond wedding ring in a store parking lot said the couple who found and returned the ring restored her "faith in mankind."

Mary Hornsby, 73, whose husband, Michael, died while training for the Vietnam War in 1965, said she searched the parking lot of the Costco store in Austin after the 1-carat diamond ring slipped off her finger Monday morning but saw no sign of it, the Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday.

Chuck E. Cheese toys recalled

Thu, 09/16/2010 - 09:16 by Prince damin

Washington -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Chuck E. Cheese Light-up Rings and Star Glasses due to an ingestion hazard.

About 1.1 million Light-up Rings and 120,000 Star Glasses were imported from China by CEC Entertainment Inc. of Irving, Texas, and distributed as part of parent-teacher conferences and as part of birthday packages. The Light-up Rings were also sold at Chuck E. Cheese Restaurants from April 2009 through June 2010, while the Star Glasses were sold, also at Chuck E. Cheese, from April 2010 through August 2010.

The commission said the plastic casing can break, exposing batteries that are harmful if ingested.

Woman refuses to return $17,500 ring

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 10:58 by Rakhi

New York -- A New York woman who refused to return a $17,500 engagement ring after marriage plans fell apart said she will go to court to keep the jewelry.

Colette Dipierro, 28, said ex-fiance Christopher Reinhold, 25, gave her the ring on her birthday in May so she does not feel obligated to return it despite the end of the engagement, WPIX-TV, New York, reported Tuesday.

Reinhold said in court papers the ring was given to Dipierro "in contemplation and consideration of marriage." He is suing for its return.

Dipierro said she was engaged to Reinhold for four months. She said the relationship began in 2007 and she eventually lived with him, paying rent and expenses.

FDCF visits Woods’ house, Elin plans divorce

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 12:50 by Ishita Sood

New York, December 14 -- A new twist unraveled in the Tiger Woods scandal Saturday when the Florida Department of Children and Families paid a visit to his house.

2-karat ring lost in Halloween bag

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:48 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Camus, Wash. -- A Washington state woman said she is offering a reward for the return of a diamond ring she accidentally dropped into a trick-or-treater's bag.

Joan Collins of Camus said she remembered the 2-karat diamond ring getting caught on a plastic pumpkin being carried by a young girl, one of the about 300 trick-or-treaters who visited her home Halloween evening, KPTV, Portland, Ore., reported Thursday.

"It snagged, but I didn't feel it come off," she said. "The next day, I said, 'Oh, I don't have my ring on.' I started thinking back and the only thing I could think of was that little girl's plastic pumpkin."