Prosecutors Say Barry Bonds Used Designer Steroids and a Female Fertility Drug to Trick Tests

Now that the government has released a barrage of documents, the question remains: What’s Bond’s defense? It better be good. Lance Williams and Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — Former Giants slugger Barry Bonds used the BALCO designer steroid “the clear” during the 2003 baseball season and also was taking a female fertility…

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Fed. Prosecutors Widen the Net into Allegations of Torture Involving Chicago Cops

By Steve Mills and Jeff Coen Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors continue to investigate decades-old allegations that Chicago police routinely tortured murder suspects, focusing on a half-dozen detectives following the recent indictment of former Cmdr. Jon Burge, the alleged ringleader, sources said. Subpoenas served on the city show that prosecutors are looking at detectives…

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