ELLIOT SPAGAT

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Teen pleads guilty in Border Patrol agent killing

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.

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Feds: Gun, cash seizures up at Mexican border

U.S. authorities on Tuesday reported a spike in seizures of guns and cash along the Mexican border since they began assigning more agents to stem the flow of southbound contraband.

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Mexican family finds work, then loss, in US

Esteban Contreras had a bad feeling when his daughter and her husband said they were going to sneak across the border with their children.

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Top drug cartel figure pleads guilty in San Diego

A suspected top figure in Mexico's Arellano Felix drug cartel pleaded guilty to a drug charge Thursday, nearly ending a nine-year legal battle that saw the cartel's power fade at the hands of authorities and rivals.

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FCC chairman warns of 'looming spectrum crisis'

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Wednesday of "a looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find ways to come up with more bandwidth for mobile devices.

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Police: Agents felt trapped in border shooting

Federal agents felt trapped when they opened fire on the driver of one of two vans packed with suspected illegal immigrants that barreled toward them at the nation's busiest border crossing, an official said Wednesday.

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Regulators dump San Diego utility's wildfire plan

Regulators on Thursday soundly rejected a utility company's plan to cut electricity to a vast swath of San Diego bedroom communities when the weather is ripe for major wildfires.

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17 indicted in San Diego murder-kidnap ring

Members of a group of Mexican drug traffickers have been indicted in the murders of nine people in the San Diego area — including two victims whose bodies were dissolved in acid, authorities announced Thursday.

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US shows off new speedboat to catch smugglers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday unveiled a prototype vessel for high-speed pursuits of smugglers ferrying people and drugs from Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean.

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Slain Border Patrol agent hailed as native son

A Border Patrol agent who was slain in a rugged, remote area along the Mexican border was buried Friday after being remembered as a gregarious family man who dreamed that his 2-year-old son would follow in his footsteps.

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Not guilty plea entered in LA in cruise ship death

A man indicted by a grand jury in the cruise ship death of his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and waived his right to seek bail.

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Drug cartels in Mexico killing street dealers

Drug dealer Hector Rodriguez Estrada had a feeling he was next.

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MySpace's new CEO promises innovation

The new leaders of News Corp.'s MySpace said Wednesday they need to innovate to rejuvenate the social networking site, which has suffered from stalled user growth.

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Yahoo open to Microsoft deal under right terms

Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms — including "boatloads of money."

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Twitter co-founders are mum on revenue plans

Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services, but it's unclear which ones and what will drive revenue.

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Man sought in deaths of 4 Americans in Mexico

Mexican and U.S. authorities investigating the deaths of four Americans found in Tijuana, Mexico, are searching for a fifth person who might also have fallen victim.

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Qualcomm posts 2nd-qtr loss on legal settlement

Qualcomm Inc. posted a fiscal second-quarter loss Monday on a hefty payment to rival chip maker Broadcom Corp. to end legal disputes that spanned several continents.

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As infamous Mexican cartel totters, violence grows

In Mexico's drug war, Tijuana tells the story of a government that says it's winning, even as the battle gets bloodier.

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TI profit, revenue tumble on shrinking demand

Shares in Texas Instruments Inc. fell Tuesday after the chip maker reported that first-quarter profit and revenue tumbled as competition heightened and demand for its chips shrank amid the recession.

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AP board touts new effort to fight Web news piracy

The Associated Press and the newspaper industry plan an aggressive effort to track down copyright violators on the Internet and try to divert traffic from Web sites that don't properly license news content, the AP board announced Monday.

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Border drain open for hours before 8 entered it

A storm drain in front of the nation's busiest border crossing had been left open for hours by U.S. authorities before eight Mexicans used it to try to enter the U.S. illegally.

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Texas Instruments CEO pay falls 6.6 percent

The chief executive of semiconductor maker Texas Instruments Inc. received compensation valued at $9.6 million in 2008, down 6.6 percent from the previous year as the company faced fierce competition for chips that power cell phones, according to a regulatory filing.

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Trump venture folds, leaving buyers strapped

Stephen and Linda Drake cast aside concerns about owning property in Mexico because they believed in Donald Trump.

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Technology promises speedier San Diego crossing

New technology at the nation's busiest border crossing can read chip-enabled travel documents up to 30 feet from an inspection booth, promising shorter waits but raising concerns about targeting by computer hackers.

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Beloved parts of border changed almost overnight

Every weekend he can, Gene Elwell heads to the desert and races his buggy over the largest sand dunes in the U.S. Nearly 200 miles west, on California's Pacific shores, the Rev. John Fanestil spends every Sunday at Friendship Park, where people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border touch hands and talk through holes in a chain-link fence.

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