LIPUVALJAK, Estonia – Footage from a skiing event in Estonia shows a chain-reaction starting with a few skiers crashing and ending with dozens of participants taking a fall. FULL ARTICLE
BOSTON, Ma. (UPI) - A Massachusetts police officer found a lavender-colored pearl in his stew, a rare item expected to fetch up to $15,000 at auction. FULL ARTICLE
An iconic mechanical clown that went missing from its home at a shuttered Wichita, Kansas, amusement park more than 10 years ago ago turned up Tuesday in the house of a convicted sex offender, authorities said. FULL ARTICLE
MYRTLE BEACH, South CarolinaA South Carolina college apologized after a faculty member distributed prescription bottles of "Happy Pills" -- actually M&M's -- to young kids. FULL ARTICLE
LIMA, Peru – Hundreds of animal couples, including a pair of well-dressed hedgehogs, were married in Peru to mark Valentine's Day and promote responsible ownership. FULL ARTICLE
LOS ANGELES, California – An Alaska Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Portland, Ore. momentarily returned to its departure gate after a passenger was stung by a scorpion. FULL ARTICLE
HOWARD, Wisconsin – An Arizona dog owner cannot explain how Nicholas, her peppy Yorkshire terrier, ended up 1,800 miles (2,896 km) away in Wisconsin, but she is sure that if he could talk, he would have one heck of a tale to tell. FULL ARTICLE
MERRIMACK, New Hampshire – New Hampshire police said they issued an arrest warrant for the country's most famous groundhog for failing to disclose the extent of the lasting winter. FULL ARTICLE