Champion Mavs head home, trailing Thunder 2-0

Last postseason, Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks rode a wave of late-game comebacks to win the franchise’s first NBA title.

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UN chief warns Syria crisis is getting worse

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday the crisis in Syria is getting worse and claiming more lives every day even though President Bashar Assad’s government insists it is withdrawing troops ahead of a U.N. deadline to end the violence.

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Ky. fans celebrate win; dozens arrested swiftly

Police reported numerous small fires and dozens of arrests near Kentucky’s campus after the Wildcats defeated Kansas on Monday night to capture another NCAA title.

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Romney and Obama battle ahead of 3 GOP primaries

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest presidential primaries, a sign that both sides believe the race to decide who will oppose the Democrat this fall is coming to a close.

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Caller: Gov’t taps Mexico pres candidate’s calls

A top campaign worker for presidential aspirant Josefina Vazquez Mota filed a criminal complaint Monday asking for an investigation into an illegally made recording in which a woman said to be the candidate mocks the government for tapping her phone.

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DSK gets preliminary charges in prostitution probe

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was handed preliminary charges Monday alleging he was involved in a hotel prostitution ring in France, a stunning blow on the home front for the former International Monetary Fund chief.

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Gov. Jerry Brown implores California voters: Please raise taxes on yourself (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed a ballot initiative that would ask Californians to raise taxes on themselves.

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Press probe says more papers may have phone-hacked (Reuters)

Reuters – Other tabloids besides Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World may have hacked phones, a London court heard on Monday as it began an investigation into newspaper practices that could lead to tougher regulation of the entire UK press.

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Michael Jackson: Defense of Dr. Conrad Murray stumbles at the start (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – Lawyers defending Michael Jackson’s personal physician sought Monday to poke holes in the prosecution’s case in the month-long manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray.

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Italian appeal court clears Amanda Knox of murder (Reuters)

Reuters – Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend left prison after four years Monday when an Italian appeals court cleared them of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

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