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ByPaulEliasand Sudhin Thanawala TheAssociatedPress SAN FRANCISCO Afteranearly decade-long steroids prosecu- tion, Barry Bonds emerged victo- rious Tuesday when federal pros- ecutors dropped what was left of their criminal case against the career home runs leader. The government's pursuit of Bonds ended quietly with a one- paragraph motion by the U.S. Department of Justice announc- ing Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ap- pellate decision that overturned Bonds' obstruction of justice conviction. A jury found the former San Francisco Giants star guilty in 2011 for giving a meandering an- swer to a federal grand jury in 2003 when asked whether his personal trainer gave him any- thing that required a syringe for self-injection. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that convic- tion in April, and the govern- ment had until Wednesday to file for a Supreme Court review. The jury deadlocked on three counts accusing Bonds of mak- ing false statements when he denied receiving steroids or hu- man growth hormone or any substance that required a sy- ringe for self-injection from the trainer, Greg Anderson. The gov- ernment dismissed those counts in August 2011, and the 9th Cir- cuit barred a retrial on the ob- struction charge, citing double jeopardy. "The finality of today's de- cision gives me great peace," Bonds, who turns 51 on Fri- day, said in a statement. "As I have said before, this outcome is something I have long wished BASEBALL Fedsendprosecutionof Bondswithoutconviction JEFFCHIU—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE The U.S. Department of Justice formally dropped its criminal prosecution of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's career home run leader. The decade-long investigation and prosecution of Bonds for obstruction of justice ended quietly Tuesday morning when the DOJ said it would not challenge the reversal of his felony conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The U.S. Department of Justice formally dropped its criminal prosecution of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's career home run leader. By Jamey Keaten The Associated Press SISTERON, FRANCE The team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome bowed to pressure Tuesday and released data about his riding power, heart rate and pedaling rhythm, hoping to quell speculation about doping ahead of an in- creasingly likely victory in Paris. On the Tour's second rest day, Team Sky presented the figures after comments on French TV raised questions about Froome's performance and incidents in which spec- tators have booed, spat upon and thrown urine on the rider and his teammates — behav- ior attributed in part to the un- founded speculation about his speed on the way to victory in Stage 10. With a 3 minute, 10 second lead on his closest rival, and his mountain-climbing nearly unparalleled, Froome said he's in "a great place" as the three- week race resumes Wednes- day with Stage 17's 161-kilome- ter (100-mile) jaunt over four climbs from Digne-les-Bains to an uphill finish at Pra Loup mountain resort. It's the start of four gruel- ing days in the Alps. The cli- max comes Saturday with an uphill finish at Alpe d'Huez, a day before a largely ceremonial ride for the race winner on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. "The third week of the Tour is always unpredictable. You never know how anyone is go- TOUR DE FRANCE SkyairsFroomedataaseventnearsfinale PETER DEJONG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain's Chris Froome, front le , talks to compatriot Ian Stannard, right, during a training on the second rest day of the Tour de France cycling race Tuesday. Competing in Fargo, North Da- kota at the 2015 USA Wrestling Cadet Greco Roman and Free- style Nationals, Corning wrestler Gavin Nye earned All American honors for finishing second in the nation in Greco. Nye was scheduled compete in Freestyle on Wednesday and fin- ish on Friday. Nye also won Freestyle Greco and Folkstyle state champion- ships, earning a triple crown award for winning all three styles. He also won all three styles in Pocatello, Idaho at Western Re- gionals and earned a triple crown there as well. Nye is a Corning Union High School heavyweight who won North Section Masters and placed 7th in state as a sophomore. He also won the Reno World Tour- nament in April. His coach is Dan Jones. WRESTLING Corning wrestler places second in nation Gavin Nye By Charles Odum The Associated Press ATLANTA Forward Michael Seaton says Jamaica advanced to the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifi- nals for the first time in 17 years because the Reggae Boyz enjoyed surprising the doubters. With five-time champion United States waiting in Wednes- day night's semifinal, Jamaica coach Winfried Schaefer is play- ing up the underdog role once again. "It feels like David versus Goli- ath," Schaefer said Tuesday. "But that's fine. We will try everything to hit the giant when it counts the most." Mexico, which has six Gold Cup titles, will play Panama in Wednesday night's other semifi- nal. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann predicted a tight match against Jamaica. That's no surprise. Other than a 6-0 win over Cuba in the quarterfinals, the U.S. has had plenty of tough matches in the Gold Cup so far. The semifinal at a sold-out Georgia Dome matches two Ger- man coaches who know each other well. "Our paths have crossed many times," Klinsmann said. "All the times we've met we've always had a good time with each other. He loves to joke around." Jamaica beat Haiti 1-0 to reach its first semifinal since 1998. CONCACAF GOLD CUP Jamaica an underdog against US CONCACAFGOLDCUP, SEMIFINALS U.S. vs. Jamaica When: Wednesday, 3 p.m. TV: FS1 TUNEIN The odds of a Grand Slam already were long simply because no one had ever swept the four professional majors in one year. GOLF NoguaranteesSpieth will ever get another go STORY REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM Tim Hudson needed 27pitches to get through the first inning and made a mistake against Matt Kemp that the slugger launched 409feet over the fence in right-center in a 4-2 loss to the Padres Monday. BASEBALL Hudson not sharp in return to Giants Camp will be Aug. 3-6at Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Students entering 6-7grades play 8:30-11:30a.m. and entering 8-9grades play noon to 3. For more, write to ckeller@mercy-high.org. 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