Here are your top stories for this Saturday, December 17, 2011: – Barefoot Bandit arraignment – Penn State proceedings halted – Bonds sentenced to house arrest and probation – Pandas in U.K.

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MLB home run king Barry Bonds has just been sentenced to two years’ probation along with 30 days of home detention and a $4,000 fine for giving evasive testimony to a federal grand jury eight years ago during an investigation into steroid usage in professional sports. Bonds, 47, was hit with several charges of perjury [...]

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A jury has found baseball legend Barry Bonds guilty on one count of obstruction of justice this afternoon. The same jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the current home run king lied to a federal grand jury back in 2003 when he categorically denied using steroids and human growth hormone. [...]

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The perjury case against Barry Bonds took an interesting turn today when Greg Anderson, the slugger’s personal trainer who is thought to be a critical piece of the government’s case against Bonds, refused to testify in federal court. “He clearly, and unequivocally, will not testify,” said Anderson’s lawyer, Mark Geragos.  Judge Susan Illston subsequently found [...]

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Through some random miracle, Andre Dawson was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today while Roberto Alomar was snubbed. Dawson, in his ninth year of eligibility, won 77.9% of the vote. Alomar, one of the greatest second baseman in history, came up eight votes short. A .279 career hitter with 438 home runs, 1,591 [...]

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