[naviga:h3]Out of the pot, and into the aquarium[/naviga:h3]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine — It’s not common for senior citizens to move from Florida to Maine, but Larry the Lobster’s life depends on it.

The decades-old, 15-pound lobster has been spared from the kettles of a Sunrise, Fla., restaurant and will head to the Maine State Aquarium for retirement.

A rescue group stepped forward to save the venerable crustacean. It’s estimated to be between 60 and 110 years old.

Maine Department of Marine Resources spokesman Jeff Nichols says the lobster will be quarantined to protect other marine life. The aquarium will assess its health, but has no plans beyond that.

Animal welfare group People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is pushing for the lobster to be released into the wild so it can live out its “golden years at sea.”

[naviga:h3]Camp students dig up ancient artifact[/naviga:h3]

GENESEO, N.Y. — Some young Indiana Joneses in the making have dug up an ancient artifact dating back thousands of years while attending a summer camp at a New York college.

Officials at the State University of New York at Geneseo say fifth- through 11th-graders from Rochester public schools were excavating an area on campus when they found the base of a projectile point that’s believed to be 3,000 to 6,000 years old.

The students are part of the Rochester Young Scholars Academy at Geneseo summer camp.

Students in a previous camp also unearthed prehistoric projectile points.