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Justin Hoyer and Langely McNeal stole the show at the 2102 Winter X Games, which ended yesterday. Held in Aspen, Colo., the 2012 X Games didn't fail to make headlines between injuries, controversies and records.

Braids made a big appearance at Sunday night's SAG Awards 2012 with stars like Dianna Agron, Kaley Cuoco and Busy Phillips sporting twisted locks. Some were simple, others were complex, but all were causally beautiful.

The Occupy movement resurged from a relatively quiet winter after about 400 people were arrested in Oakland over the weekend.

Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.

Just one week after the Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. mother of two was found strangled to death in her car in a Detroit alley, husband Bob Bashara has been labeled the only person of interest, and rumors abound that he failed a lie detector test last week. Although his family is standing behind him, Jane Bashara's relatives are not as convinced, saying they believe the killing was not random and that they can only hope her husband wasn't involved.

The Occupy movement entered a tumultuous new phase this weekend, with a violent weekend protest by Occupy Oakland resulting in 400 arrests and Occupy D.C. facing a noon Monday deadline to leave McPherson Square.

Christina Aguilera gave a heartfelt performance at Etta James' funeral on Saturday in California but many were too distracted to enjoy because of the supposed blood or self-tan mishap on the singer's leg. Aguilera, 31, was belting out a rendition of At Last for the funeral when photos and live video captured a brown-ish stream running down the singer's right leg.

While the award winners were cheered by everyone around, Hollywood's power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stole the show with their everlasting charm and media following.

SAG 2012 Award Winners: ‘The Help’ Wins Top Three Awards; Life Achievement for Mary Tyler Moore [PHOTOS, VIDEO]

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were given away at the Shrine Exposition Hall on Jan. 29 in Los Angeles.

Watch a live stream of the 2012 SAG Awards here plus check out the full list of nominees.

Shareholders of InterDigital, owner of wireless patents, got a rude awakening when it canceled its company auction only days after Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy after failing to sell 1,100 patents. Is the patent gold rush over?

Riot police fought running clashes with Occupy Oakland protesters on Saturday, arresting more than 200 people and firing tear gas in scuffles that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator in the California city.

California approved aggressive new rules on Friday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring automakers to put many more electric and hybrid vehicles on the Golden State's roads by 2025.

A former tugboat worker will stand trial in October on charges of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon in the largest mass slaying in Orange County history, a judge ruled on Friday.

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Los Angeles-area church on Saturday to remember rhythm-and-blues singer Etta James, saying she overcame great personal and professional hurdles to sing the times that she lived.

A funeral service for legendary singer Etta James was held on Saturday, in Southern California and presided over by the Rev. Al Sharpton who began the service by reading a note from President Barack Obama.

The last of three patents that tech licensing company Rambus (RMBS.O) used to win infringement lawsuits against Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) and others has been declared invalid, according to legal documents.

The asteroid 2012 BX34 passed within 36,750 miles of Earth at 10:30 a.m. ET on Friday. That was its closest approach. The small asteroid, about 37 feet wide, would have broken up in the Earth's atmosphere before it could have made impact anyway, so it never really posed a threat, according to NASA.

A free college education is unheard of these days but Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, is giving $106,000 worth of education to its students for free. Here's how to get the free liberal arts education.

Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.