Keith Overton was recording video of his son Mitchell wake surfing behind their boat near St. Pete Beach, Florida when a couple of dolphins decided to join in on the fun. (Feb. 6)
Keith Overton was recording video of his son Mitchell wake surfing behind their boat near St. Pete Beach, Florida when a couple of dolphins decided to join in on the fun. (Feb. 6)
Campaigning in Colorado, the day before that state's primary, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich criticized rival Mitt Romney saying Romney doesn't represent the "fundamental change" needed in Washington. (Feb. 6)
Chrysler aired a Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood, who talks about the rebirth of Chrysler and Detroit. Residents in the Motor City were happy with Eastwood, saying Chrysler 'couldn't have picked a nicer guy.' (Feb. 6)
Chrysler aired a Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood, who talks about the rebirth of Chrysler and Detroit. Residents in the Motor City were happy with Eastwood, saying Chrysler 'couldn't have picked a nicer guy.' (Feb. 6)
White House Spokesperson Jay Carney said the administration's tough new sanctions against Iran amid tensions about Tehran's nuclear program and the specter of an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic, should not be surprising. (Feb. 6)
The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador as the death toll from violence in Homs continued to mount. The fresh pressure on Bashar Assad to go came days after the collapse of a UN effort to end the crisis. (Feb. 6)
Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen, told a court Monday that he deserved a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free. (Feb. 6)
Authorities have no doubt the husband of missing Utah mom Susan Powell is responsible for the explosive fire Sunday that killed their two children and himself at a home in Washington state. (Feb. 6)
Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. (Feb. 6)
A wayward goat in Australia gives police fits, darting through traffic and clearing fences until being caught. Now, 'Houdini' the goat is waiting to see what happens to her next. (Feb. 6)
Queen Elizabeth II marks 60 years on the throne Monday. The queen's Diamond Jubilee will be feted with a series of regional, national and international events throughout 2012. (Feb. 6)
Local mask makers in Venice fight to keep their historical craft going in the face of cheap foreign competition. Masks are a key element to the city's Carnival, which runs 11-21 February. (Feb. 6)
Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday. (Feb. 6)
Government forces shelled the central Syrian city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas in the third day of a new assault on the epicenter of the country's uprising, activists said. (Feb. 6)
Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history. (Feb. 6)
Egytian security forces and protesters clashed for a fifth day. The violence was sparked by public anger after authorities failed to prevent a football riot, leaving 74 dead. (Feb. 6)
Police dispersed hundreds of students on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, after the New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl. Police used smoke grenades and horses to scatter the crowd. (Feb. 6)
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is in the hospital with extremely high blood pressure. The former dictator is serving a 60-year prison sentence for killing political opponents in the 1980s. (Feb 6)
The Giants have their fourth Super Bowl title following Sunday's 21-17 win over the Patriots. Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning engineered a game-winning 88-yard drive that ended with Ahmad Bradshaw's six-yard touchdown run with :57 remaining. (Feb. 5)
M.I.A., who hit the stage with Madonna at the Super Bowl, put up her middle finger during the performance, which also included Nicki Minaj, Cee Lo and LMFAO. NBC apologized for M.I.A.'s actions. This video contains the obscene image. (Feb. 5)
Authorities in Washington state say they think Josh Powell, the husband of a Utah woman who's been missing for two years deliberately, set off a house explosion today that killed him and his two young sons on Sunday. (Feb. 5)
Katy Perry, Taylor Lautner, Jon Hamm, Lenny Kravitz, Alec Badwin and more attend the Associated Press NFL Awards ahead of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Ind. (Feb. 5)
A powerful house explosion killed the husband of a Utah woman who has been missing for two years, and his two young sons Sunday, moments after the boys arrived for a visit that was supposed to be supervised by a social worker. (Feb. 5)
President Barack Obama he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge. Speaking before the Super Bowl, Obama also refused to pick sides for the big game. (Feb. 5)
Katy Perry, Taylor Launter, Jon Hamm, Lenny Kravitz, Alec Badwin and more attend the Associated Press NFL Awards ahead of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Ind. (Feb. 5)
Black-clad riot police in Cairo have been firing rubber bullets at protesters to protect government offices and building walls of concrete on street entrances. Meanwhile, the U.S. is threatening to stop its foreign aid. (Feb. 5)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling yesterday's vote in the U.N. Security Council a "travesty." Russia and China vetoed a resolution supporting an Arab League plan aimed at ending the violence in Syria. (Feb. 5)
Bosnia used helicopters to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands of people left stranded by its heaviest snowfall ever, while Pope Benedict XVI donned an overcoat to bless the few pilgrims who braved Rome's unusually cold weather. (Feb. 5)
The National Park Service announced this week that a German chancellor's voice has been identified among those found on a dozen recorded wax cylinders, each more than 120 years old, that were once stored in Thomas Edison's New Jersey lab. (Feb. 3)
On this day in history: President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of United States Supreme Court justices; Hank Aaron born. (Feb. 5)
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. (Feb. 4)
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. (Feb. 4)
Despite an easy victory by GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, former House speaker Newt Gingrich swatted aside any talk of a withdrawal after the Nevada caucuses Saturday. Gingrich says he'll campaign until the party convention this summer. (Feb. 4)
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight victory. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul vied for a distant second. (Feb. 4)
A couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday after they got lost while picking mushrooms and survived six days in an Oregon forest. They were spotted by a helicopter pilot and later flown to a hospital. (Feb. 4)
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney jumped to a strong lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for a second straight campaign victory. Earlier, he addressed a campaign rally in Colorado. (Feb. 4)
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules. (Feb. 4)
Running back Curtis Martin heads the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2012. Willie Roaf and Chris Doleman were also elected, as were Dermontti Dawson, Cortez Kennedy and Jack Butler. (Feb. 4)
Athletes and celebrities had different strategies as they prepared to play in the sixth annual DirectTV Celebrity Beach Bowl. The event teams up stars with former and current professional athletes for a flag football game on the sand. (Feb. 4)
Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian Pres. Bashar Assad to step down amid escalating violence. Ambassador Susan Rice says the U.S. is "disgusted" by the vote. (Feb. 4)
Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, braving sub-zero temperatures to keep the protest movement alive one month before an election that Putin is still expected to win. (Feb. 4)
The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. (Feb. 3)
A Florida pleaded guilty Friday in the abduction, sexual battery and slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was found in a landfill, as dozens of her family and friends packed a courtroom wearing shades of purple, the little girl's favorite color. (Feb. 3)
A second teacher at an inner-city elementary school where a teacher is accused of committing lewd acts on 23 children was arrested Friday on suspicion of fondling two girls in his classroom. (Feb. 3)
An Army officer has ordered a court-martial for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Pfc. Bradley Manning will have a general court-martial. (Feb. 3)
