From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 12:43 PM

A young Emperor penguin took a rare wrong turn from the Antarctic and ended up stranded on a New Zealand beach, the first time in 44 years the aquatic bird has been sighted in the wild in the South Pacific country. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 11:41 AM

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman declares he’s running for president and brings both domestic and international executive experience to the race. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 11:41 AM

Kids turned out in force for the "Go Skateboarding Day" event in the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday. (21 June 2011)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 11:41 AM

A young Emperor penguin took a rare wrong turn from the Antarctic and ended up stranded on a New Zealand beach - the first time in 44 years the aquatic bird has been sighted in the wild in the South Pacific country. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 11:41 AM

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says he will run a campaign that is based on who would be a better president, not who is a better American. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 5:38 AM

Review of Apple’s new Final Cut Pro X, a radical overhaul and rewrite of Apple's popular Final Cut Pro video editing program, by USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 4:35 AM

A journalist, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were shot to death inside their Veracruz, Mexico home Monday. Investigators haven’t determined a motive in the killings and no one has been arrested. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 2:25 AM

Russian officials say high-intensity airport lights had failed when a passenger jet crashed in heavy fog about a mile short of a runway in northwestern Russia. Officials say 44 people were killed. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 21 2011 1:20 AM

Highlights of this day in history: Three civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi; John Hinckley, Jr. found not guilty by reason of insanity for shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others; Britain’s Prince William born. (June 21)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 20 2011 9:56 PM

Three Kentucky coal miners trapped for hours in an underground mine because of flooding remained in good condition Monday and have moved to dry ground inside the complex while waiting to be taken out, a state spokesman said. (June 20)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 20 2011 2:38 PM

The Internet’s governing body has voted to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system's biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago. (June 20)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 20 2011 1:09 AM

A 21-year-old California girl won the Miss USA crown on Sunday night and will represent the nation in this year’s Miss Universe pageant in September in Brazil. Alyssa Campanella of Los Angeles won this year's pageant in Las Vegas. (June 19)

From: USA TODAY on Sun, Jun 19 2011 4:30 PM

Rescuers used an inflatable mattress to free a five-year-old Chinese boy who got stuck between two walls. (June 19)

From: USA TODAY on Sun, Jun 19 2011 1:58 AM

A convicted child murderer testified Saturday at the appeals trial of Amanda Knox, saying that a fellow inmate had told him the American student had nothing to do with the killing of her roommate in Italy. (June 18)

From: USA TODAY on Sat, Jun 18 2011 7:44 PM

Nine people were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan as insurgents stormed a police station Saturday. The government said that one of the attackers detonated a suicide bomb vest outside the station, while the others rushed in and started firing. (June 18)

From: USA TODAY on Sat, Jun 18 2011 6:29 PM

About 5,000 pro-communist union members took to the streets in Athens to protest the government’s fiscal austerity policies. Greece has cut salaries and pensions to stem the country's ballooning debt. (June 18)

From: USA TODAY on Sat, Jun 18 2011 5:15 PM

Best Father’s Day gift: Brandon soldier meets newborn son

From: USA TODAY on Sat, Jun 18 2011 11:03 AM

Republicans used their weekly address to call for progress on pacts to expand trade with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. (June 18)

From: USA TODAY on Sat, Jun 18 2011 9:49 AM

President Barack Obama says kids need quality time, structure and unconditional love from their parents, calling being a dad sometimes his hardest job, but also the most rewarding. (June 18)

From: USA TODAY on Sat, Jun 18 2011 7:19 AM

United Airlines passengers across the country were stranded five hours Friday after a computer crash grounded its flights. The airline says it’s in the process of resuming normal operations, but flights will be affected over the weekend. (June 18)