Dell enters smart phone market, with Mini 3 to debut this month in deal with China Mobile

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Russia to provide Venezuela with technology ranging from robotics to biochemistry

Venezuela, Russia to boost technology cooperation

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BetOnSports.com founder sentenced to 4 years, 3 months in prison

BetOnSports.com founder gets 4-plus years

ST. LOUIS — The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison, ending a lengthy investigation and prosecution into one of the world's largest offshore sports gambling companies.

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Facebook warning: If running from the law, avoid friending former Justice Dept. officials

Fraud fugitive busted after unwise friend request

SEATTLE — Maxi Sopo was living the dream of a fugitive abroad, kicking back on the beaches of Cancun by day, partying in the clubs by night.

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Obituaries in the news

Obituaries in the news

Stephen Gately

PORT D'ANDRATX, Mallorca (AP) — Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died Saturday. He was 33.

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Argentine president, media giant clash over what both call attacks on ‘freedom of speech’

Politics gets personal in Argentine media fight

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An epic battle between Argentina's two reigning powers — the presidency and media giant Grupo Clarin — started with a political cartoon, the way one editor tells it.

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Analysis: Outrage over arrest of Harvard scholar a signpost on bumpy road to equality

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Lawsuit accuses Mavericks owner Cuban of diverting profits from Dallas arena to his team

Suit accuses Mavericks owner of diverting profits

DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is accused of wrongfully diverting millions of dollars from the NBA franchise's home arena to help make up for cash shortfalls incurred by the team, according to a lawsuit filed by a company controlled by the team's former owner.

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Judge dismisses SEC complaint against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

Judge dismisses SEC complaint against Cuban

DALLAS — A federal judge dismissed a civil insider-trading lawsuit against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Friday, dealing the Securities and Exchange Commission a rare high-profile setback.

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SC governor’s Argentine mistress, like first lady, responds with strength, grace and restraint

Gov's 'other woman' fiercely private, no pushover

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — She is a 43-year-old, divorced mother of two teenage boys who wants to believe she can still experience true love.

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