This according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who says there’s a 70 percent chance that the carrier will add Apple’s super-smartphone to its lineup by the middle of 2010.

With AT&T’s (T) exclusive deal to carry the iPhone in the U.S. expiring next year, Apple (AAPL) has certainly considered such a move. It would be silly not to. Verizon’s (VZ) postpaid subscriber base is not only larger than AT&T’s, it’s untapped.

That’s an important differentiating factor given that Apple has an diminishing opportunity to attract new iPhone users from AT&T’s subscriber base. Says Munster: “Currently, the iPhone is available to 82 million AT&T subs in the U.S.; adding Verizon would more than double the addressable market, adding 89 million U.S. consumers.”

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The Texas Rangers are closing in on a deal with right-handed pitcher Rich Harden, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney on Wednesday.

To create financial flexibility that could make signing Harden easier, the Rangers are on the verge of trading starter Kevin Millwood to the Orioles for reliever Chris Ray, ESPNDallas.com reported.

Harden was 9-9 with a 4.09 ERA in 26 games for the Cubs in 2009. The Cubs did not offer Harden salary arbitration, making him a free agent. Harden made $7 million last season in Chicago.

Harden, who would pitching for his third major league team, has a 50-29 record with a 3.39 ERA in 127 starts.

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