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Revenue from digital sales reached a new record in the U.K. in 2012, according to a report from the country's Entertainment Retailers Association.

Arsenal are believed to be in fresh talks to extend Theo Walcott’s contract.

The New Year's Eve ball drop tradition, which traces its origins back to 19th-century timekeeping, is now much more electronic than when it began in 1907.

Manchester United have been linked with a part-exchange deal for Cristiano Ronaldo.

If you want to celebrate New Year’s Eve twice, go to the Samoan Islands, where you can ring in 2013 at two separate celebrations 25 hours apart.

Three years in, has Kickstarter lived up to its promise to disrupt entrepreneurship and artistic patronage? We look at some of the top Kickstarter projects from 2012 to find out.

Under the Indian Penal Code it is against the law to identify a rape victim.

Theo Walcott scored three as Arsenal beat Newcastle 7-3 at the Emirates.

Mel Greig and Michael Christian, two radio DJs who prank called the hospital where Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton was being treated, may not face charges.

In a show of readiness -- or perhaps just good humor -- the British government has formally responded to a member of the public’s inquiry about how it would treat a zombie apocalypse.

The U.S. Navy awarded submarine contracts worth up to $4.5 billion to General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE: HII).

Speculation has surfaced of a major shift at Old Trafford.

UK private equity giant Permira Advisers completed the $1.6 billion acquisition of Ancestry.com (NASDAQ:ACOM), the most popular genealogy website.

Schwarzkopf Sr. played a major role in this forcible 1953 “regime change” in Iran.

While France weathered the 2008 financial and subsequent euro zone crises relatively well, its recovery has been sluggish.

Kids smoking marijuana early in life were more likely to have an earlier onset of psychotic symptoms, but teens showing early signs of psychotic symptoms were more likely to smoke pot later in life.

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.”