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Real Madrid’s big summer spendings continue their scoring spree in a 3-0 Champions League win over Marseille but fellow European giants AC Milan suffer a shock 1-0 home defeat to Swiss minnows FC Zurich.

Manchester United came a goal behind and shrugged off the early loss of Michael Owen to injury to beat German champions Wolfsburg 2-1 for their second victory in Champions League Group B.

What appears to be the outline of a child in a fetal position can be seen in a photograph of the trunk liner from the car driven by Casey Anthony, a Florida woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, according to documents released in the case.

Spain’s Fernando Alonso signs for Ferrari on a three-year deal, the Formula One giants announce on Wednesday. He will replace 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen from next season.

Daniel Gray loves automobiles so much that it almost feels wrong to drive another vehicle: “I’ll admit it. I love my car, but I cheat on it with a different car every week,” he said. The Belle Mead, New Jersey, resident runs the car-review Web site mpgomatic.com with a focus on fuel efficiency, but even he strays over to public transit every now and then. Nowadays, even the biggest car lovers are taking notice of energy conservation.

It’s your birthday. And thanks to your Facebook profile, everybody knows that. Your wall fills up with well wishes from hundreds of “friends.” Sure, it’s nice to be noticed. But security experts say sharing such information with a broad audience may not be a bright idea.

Daniel Gray loves automobiles so much that it almost feels wrong to drive another vehicle: “I’ll admit it. I love my car, but I cheat on it with a different car every week,” he said.

Google Wave, a product that promises to revolutionize online communication, will go out to about 100,000 beta testers Wednesday. The Web app from Google combines elements of e-mail, chat, Wiki documents, blogs and photo-sharing sites to create a “hosted conversation.”

The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed.

That Dell is releasing a new laptop for business customers is the opposite of surprising. But the fact that it contains notable features not seen in any other laptops certainly is.