Cristiano Ronaldo’s sixth-minute strike saw holders Manchester United become the first English team to win in Porto, reaching the semifinals of the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate in the process.
Ronaldo stunner puts holders United through
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California woman mistaken for suspect in girl’s killing
Yes, she is 28. Yes, she is a Sunday school teacher, and yes, her name is Melissa Huckaby. But the woman from Manteca, California, said she wants people to know that she is not that Melissa Huckaby
Simon Cowell considers ditching ‘American Idol’
"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell is considering quitting the popular TV show after another season, he told CNN. Cowell, who judges three shows — “American Idol,” “Britain’s Got Talent” and “X Factor” — told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper that he’s not sure he can keep up the pace and “one may have to go.” “Right now, the only certainty is that I’m still on ‘Idol,’ still love doing it, and still have a year under contract,” Cowell told CNN in a statement. “While I am looking at all options for the future, I haven’t made any decisions,” the statement read.
3 ‘phenomenal shots’ ended pirate hostage crisis
In the end, it was a single moment that brought the hostage crisis to its dramatic finish. Three gunshots. All three fatal.
All in the Facebook family: older generations join social networks
Penny Ireland’s family is so scattered around the world that Facebook, the popular social networking site, has become the family’s No. 1 way to communicate. “We call it our living room,” the 56-year-old mother said by phone from her home in Houston, Texas.
General: U.S. should be out of Iraq by late 2011
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S.
Unidentified copters buzz Somali ‘pirate hub’
Two low-flying helicopters drifted over a suspected pirate base in northeast Somalia on Sunday morning, sending residents into a panic, a local journalist source told CNN.
Security Council may be close to formal stance on N. Korea launch
A week after North Korea ignored international warnings and launched a long-range rocket, the U.N.
Crew of Alabama says sailors jumped pirates to retake control
The battle for control of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama began with a bold move by some crew members to jump the pirates, crewmembers say. A scuffle ensued and one of the sailors stabbed a pirate in the hand in the battle to retake the container ship, one of the sailors told CNN
Pirates hijack Italian tugboat in Gulf of Aden
An Italian tugboat sent a distress call to a NATO ship Saturday before it was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the tug’s owner told CNN.