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Clemens denies drug use
Sun reporterBefore a packed congressional hearing room, Roger Clemens, one of the best pitchers in baseball history, fought to save his reputation yesterday as he angrily denied using steroids. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard nearly five...Tags: New York Yankees, Drugs and Medicines, Republican Party, Roger Clemens, Laws
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Palmeiro learned of failed test in May
Sun StaffWhile Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro chased historic hit No. 3,000 last month, he did so with the knowledge that he had failed a drug test. According to a source familiar with the chronology, Palmeiro tested positive for a steroid in May and...Tags: National Football League, Justice System, Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles, Crime, Law and Justice
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Grimsley affidavit links O's, scandal
sun reporterNearly a year after the Rafael Palmeiro steroid scandal and months removed from the federal government's inquiries into Miguel Tejada 's vitamin B-12 usage, the Orioles are again intertwined in an investigation involving drugs and baseball. Former...Tags: New York University, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Javy Lopez, Rafael Palmeiro
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AP: Merck Tried to Alter Vioxx in 2000
AP Business WriterMerck & Co. researchers privately sought to reformulate Vioxx in 2000 to reduce its cardiovascular side effects, even as the drug maker was publicly playing down a study that highlighted the pain relief medication's potential heart attack risk, an...Tags: Aspirin (drug), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, The Associated Press, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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House members fault agency for inaction on flavoring peril
Sun reporterThree members of Congress have joined an outcry for federal regulators to protect workers from lung damage caused by a chemical contained in synthetic butter flavoring. Reps. George Miller and Hilda L. Solis, both California Democrats, and Rep. Major R....Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Career and Workplace, Butter, Popcorn
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Throwing off players association, Grimsley hurls hGH into spotlight
Welcome to the worst nightmare of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Former Orioles relief pitcher Jason Grimsley might have created a portal to a new era of enforcement in baseball's battle to eradicate illegal performance-enhancing drugs....Tags: Career and Workplace, International Court or Tribunal, International Law, Rafael Palmeiro, Arizona Diamondbacks
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GOP effort unlikely to hold up in court
Sun National StaffAn extraordinary eleventh-hour maneuver by Republicans in Congress to intervene in the Terri Schiavo saga had no legal precedent and was unlikely to withstand a court challenge, congressional analysts said yesterday. In harsher words, an attorney for...Tags: Tom DeLay, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Laws
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Baseball stars, officials testify
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Some of baseball's brightest stars uneasily testified yesterday about steroid use, but a House committee saved its fire for baseball executives, going so far as to question whether their sport still deserved its treasured exemption from...Tags: Anti Trust Crime, International Law, Family, Baltimore Orioles, Rafael Palmeiro
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Baseball stars are refused immunity
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - A House committee refused yesterday to grant immunity to any of a half-dozen current and former baseball stars expected as mostly reluctant witnesses today for a hearing aimed at uncovering the truth about steroid use in their sport. The...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Laws, Prosecution, Justice System, Rafael Palmeiro
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Baseball balks at authority of House
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Major League Baseball challenged the authority yesterday of a House committee that issued subpoenas ordering seven current and former baseball stars, including two Orioles, to appear at a hearing next week on steroid use. Baseball's...Tags: Jason Giambi, Prisons, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, Chicago White Sox
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Firm may have overbilled in Iraq
From Times staff and wire reportsWASHINGTON -- Pentagon investigators have found evidence that Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army as much as $61 million for fuel that it trucked into Iraq, senior defense officials said Thursday. The overcharges...Tags: Republican Party, Petroleum Industry, Death, Dick Cheney, U.S. Department of Defense
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House to seek tougher rules on steroid use in pro sports
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Athletes in five major professional sports leagues would be subjected to an unforgiving steroid-testing regimen under terms of legislation to be introduced next week in the House of Representatives. As two days of congressional hearings...Tags: Soccer, Laws, Miami Heat, Football, Basketball
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