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Wednesday night's Kennedy Center Honors concluded with a tribute performance of "Stairway to Heaven" that brought the audience to its feet and tears to the eyes of Led Zeppelin.

Two aggressive Northeast private fiber optic services providers will merge in a $2 billion deal financed by Berkshire Partners in a challenge to Verizon Communications.

After releasing the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the international version of Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) earlier this month, Samsung has started rolling out the same firmware update for the International Galaxy S3 GT-I9305 or the Galaxy S3 LTE. Here are the download links and the manual installation guide.

Demographers expect Germany’s current population of 82 million to fall to about 69 million by 2050.

Media images of starvation, they claimed, are "depressing, manipulative and hopeless.”

Nicki Minaj narrowly missed having a wardrobe malfunction while attending a Christmas party at Webstar Hall in New York.

The Muslim Brotherhood played a crafty game in coming to power in Egypt after years of being suppressed.

The holiday Boxing Day is a celebration where people give gifts to the needy, as opposed to their beloved family and friends.

Prince William reportedly airlifted a sick baby to safety.

Twitter has suspended a number of user accounts across the U.K. after they were found to have graphic images of child abuse.

It has been claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo could engineer a return to Manchester United.

China continued its steady march toward superpower status in 2012 amid a leadership shift, a major scandal and economic uncertainty.

The most compelling and important person was a girl from rural Pakistan who simply wanted to go to school.

It’s been a decade since Joe Strummer passed away. The former leader of The Clash, once deemed “the only band that matters,” woke up on Dec. 22, 2002, walked his dog, and returned to his home in Somerset, England, and quietly died from an undiagnosed heart defect.

Arsenal claimed a narrow 1-0 victory over Wigan.

The Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean firmware (I9305XXALK3) update for the international LTE variant of Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9305) is now available for installation. Find out here a manual updating process.

After a new kidnapping, French President Hollande expressed concern over AQIM's partnership with Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram.

Manchester United are reportedly interested in Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay.

Newcastle may be powerless to prevent Demba Ba exit.

A mourning service organized at the Self-Realization Fellowship Center in Encinitas, San Diego, Thursday, where the musician had resided for last two decades, paid a fitting tribute to the late sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who passed away Dec.11, following complaints of breathing difficulties.

A survey out Thursday from Travel Leaders Group suggests that Americans will flock to Europe next year, but will they find the debt-burdened euro zone any cheaper than before?