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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo made the perfect response to those who say Leo Messi is the world’s best player by scoring two goals and inspiring his side to a shock Copa Del Rey semi-final win over Barcelona.
And Manchester United  manager Sir Alex Ferguson was at the Nou Camp to see Jose Mourinho’s side win a two-leg cup-tie after drawing the home leg 1-1 — much as Real hope to do in the Champions League at Old Trafford next Tuesday.
This was Mourinho’s greatest night at Barcelona since his Inter Milan reached the Champions League final with 10 men.

And in the match when the absence of ex-Barca boss Pep Guardiola and his successor Tito Vilanova really started to show, Ronaldo was imperious.

Boy scares off lions with flashy invention

Richard Turere, 13, doesn't like lions. In fact, he hates them. Yet this bright Maasai boy has devised an innovative solution that's helping the survival of these magnificent beasts -- by keeping them away from humans.
 

Living on the edge of Nairobi National Park, in Kenya, Turere first became responsible for herding and safeguarding his family's cattle when he was just nine. But often, his valuable livestock would be raided by the lions roaming the park's sweet savannah grasses, leaving him to count the losses.

"I grew up hating lions very much," says Turere, who is from Kitengela, just south of the capital Nairobi. "They used to come at night and feed on our cattle when we were sleeping."

Balotelli racially abused by Inter fans in Milan derby as plastic bananas are waved at San Siro amid sick taunts.

Mario Balotelli was subjected to racial taunts by Inter Milan fans as he took on his former club on Sunday night.
An eyewitness, who did not want to be identified for fear of repercussions from Inter ultras, showed Sportsmail a video in which some Inter fans waved inflatable bananas and whistled at the AC Milan striker during the derby clash. 
Despite the abuse Balotelli kept his composure and signalled for them to be quiet by putting a finger to his mouth. 

'Balotelli did very well not to react to the provocations, I'm just sorry he wasn't able to score,' said Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri.

'He had a great first half. Let's not forget that he's 22 years old and he was playing against his former squad. It's to be expected that he felt pressure for this match.'

Welcome to the Googleplex: Internet giant to build $120m futuristic HQ with a garden on the roof .

Google has planned the massive expansion of its California HQ to ensure that its employees are more pampered than ever before.
The company's real estate team analyzed vast amounts of data on everything from sunrise and sunset, wind direction, working patterns and daily habits to design the Googleplex around staff needs.
The internet giant has broken ground on the 1.1-million-square-foot campus in Mountain View, which is scheduled for completion in 2015.

This is the first time the company has worked on office buildings from scratch rather than remodifying premises built by others. The 42-acre expansion is designed by Seattle-based firm NBBJ.
It is built with energy conservation in mind. The new campus will be the biggest office complex in the U.S. with all radiant heating and most employees will be able to work with natural light..

BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support?

BlackBerry is about to enter the battle of its life, and as you'll see in my review of its new flagship phone, the Z10, it's using everything in its arsenal to win. Maybe win is the wrong word; perhaps victory for BlackBerry right now is something more like not losing everything. Because if you've been following this story, you know that everything is what's at stake.

The company is coming back into the game with force, that much is clear. Its new touchscreen smartphone is the serious contender BlackBerry has been claiming it would be, packing in the specs, software prowess, and services to take on even the most entrenched players in the game.

Google Asks “Why Fly Private When You Can Fly Private – Out Of Your Own $82M Airport?

Google’s executives could soon be enjoying their own private airport space ahead of winging their way to various far-flung locations around the world, according to a news release from the Mineta San Jose International Airport.

Signature Flight Support, in tandem with a company called Blue City Holdings which represents Google’s fleet of personal aircraft, will likely be awarded a 50-year lease on San Jose Airport’s West Side, in order to build a 29-acre, $82 million facility to house Google’s executive aircraft and those of other clients.
In the news release, the airport expresses its intent to recommend that Signature be granted the lease, which will see it construct a “full-service, world-class fixed base operation” on the site.

White House releases photo of President skeet shooting in an attempt to silence gun lobby critics

Barack Obama has released a picture of himself skeet shooting in an attempt to silence his critics in the gun lobby who doubted if he had ever fired a gun in the ongoing gun control debate in Washington.
The photograph of the president doing some recreational shooting at Camp David last August was published on Friday, after Mr Obama said in an interview that he enjoyed blowing off some steam at the range.
Skeptics took the president to task after he expressed admiration for the sport, calling for some photographic evidence of the president taking aim.