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The 2012 People's Choice Awards took place Wednesday night and the stars came out to celebrate the most favorite artists of the year as chosen by 40 million voters. Here are the biggest winners, best moments and rousing performances of the night.

DETROIT -- Five years ago, Bob Lutz stood in front of a curious crowd at the North American International Auto Show and introduced a radical concept car to the world. Lutz, then the vice chairman of product development for General Motors, revealed the first electric plug-in concept car from a major automaker: the Chevrolet Volt. He still calls it the most important car the company has ever made.

BlueStacks would be the armor Microsoft would be looking at as it is gearing up to launch its Windows 8 operating system, which is expected to work on both PCs and tablets with the tablet version termed as Metro.

Heather Locklear was hospitalized on Thursday after an emergency call made by her sister alleged she had suffered a drug overdose, leaving fans wondering if it was another suicide attempt by the blonde bombshell.

Kobe Bryant and the Lakers have an upstart challenger in the Pacific Division.

A California Tea Party hotshot has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Thursday after he was arrested in LaGuardia Airport last month for carrying an unlicensed pistol.

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action.

In an unexpected pitch, a trio of whale conservationists proposed Thursday the previously unthinkable to protect the world's largest creatures: Put a price tag on whales to save them.

The surging New Orleans Saints (13-3) travel to northern California to face the upstart San Francisco 49ers (13-3) on Saturday at Candlestick Park in the National Football Conference divisional playoffs as a prolific offense battles an exceptional defense.

The 38th Annual People's Choice Awards 2012 was held Wednesday, celebrating a year of fan-favorites. Demi Lovato and Nina Dobrev stood out a red carpet that dazzled with jewel tones.

A California teen has called for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because the organization admitted a 7-year-old child to a Colorado troop last year. Cookie sales raise funds for the Girl Scouts programs and activities.

Crisis somewhat averted.

UBS' Americas wealth management group has hired a team of three veteran Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisers in California, the firm said on Wednesday.

UBS' Americas wealth management group has hired a team of three veteran Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisers in California, the firm said on Wednesday.

Numbering in the tens of thousands, Sidis are generally very poor and generally remain isolated from “mainstream” Indians.

Life Technologies said it started taking orders for its "$1000 genome" device, placing the maker of life sciences tools in pole position in an industry-wide race to build the cheapest and fastest platform for gene sequencing.

Natalie Wood's cold case, which was reopened nearly two months ago, has resulted in no new evidence to indicate foul play, authorities told the media on Tuesday. The case remains open and the actress' death is still being ruled as an accident.

Authorities investigating the death of Natalie Wood said on Tuesday there was no fresh evidence that suggested foul play.

A group of Republican lawmakers in California touted a bill on Tuesday that would prevent the sale of state bonds to help finance a planned statewide high-speed rail system.

People who suffer from psoriasis may want to pay extra attention to heart risks, since they may be at a greater risk for blocked arteries than those who don't have the skin disease -- although the risk increase is not that high, according to a U.S. study.

With frontman David Lee Roth back on board, American rock group Van Halen released Monday their first single and video with the flamboyant frontman in 27 years.