Look out Pandora: Spotify brings free radio to iPhone & iPad

Streaming music startup Spotify has added a Pandora-like radio service to its iOS applications, finally giving free Spotify users in the U.S. a reason to download the Spotify app for their iPhones and iPads.

Spotify has offered its own radio service inside the Spotify desktop application since mid-May. If you used Spotify and Pandora, it would most likely make you want to drop Pandora to make your music-listening-life simpler.

Now Spotify is bringing that radio app to the iPhone and iPad, and both free and premium Spotify users can take part. Previously, free Spotify users had virtually no reason to use the mobile app because only premium users who pay $10 a month get access to streaming music on iOS devices. Now, free users can download the Spotify iOS app and get some functionality out of it. Premium users will get radio access in iOS too, and because they pay, they have no advertising and unlimited skips.

?Our focus has always been on creating an amazing user experience,? Spotify product VP Charlie Hellman, said in a statement. ?The radio feature we?ve added to our iPhone and iPad apps gives users the ability to discover, listen, and save what they like on the go ? all within one app ? for free.?

The updated Spotify iOS app will be available for download in the next few days. The company will likely add the radio functionality to its Android app in the near future as well.

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Spotify has added its Pandora-like radio service to iOS applications, finally giving free Spotify users a reason to download the Spotify app for their iPhones and iPads.

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New Commander Joins University's Army ROTC Program

June 15, 2012 ? Maj. Michael R. Binetti, a veteran of deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, has assumed command of the University of Virginia's Army ROTC program.

Binetti, 37, of Ridgefield Park, N.J., was inspired by his own ROTC experience at Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., in the mid-1990s.

"It was a good experience," he said. "When this opportunity presented itself, I saw that U.Va. had a lot of history with academic and athletic student leaders."

Binetti, who is a professor of military science, holds a B.A. in economics from Siena, a master's degree in public administration from Webster University in St. Louis, a master of military arts and science in theater operations from the Command and General Staff College and a master of arts in security studies from Kansas State University.

"My job here is to develop and mold the future Army officers to be professionals in their service to the nation," he said.

Binetti will teach military science to fourth-year students.

"I am going to focus mainly on military leadership and on the skills they need to be officers," he said. "I am coming into this from operational units, so I can provide practical feedback and insights on military and political operational levels."

Binetti comes from a military tradition; his father and grandfather were career officers and his mother also worked for the U.S. Army. Even so, he was dubious about a career in the military.

"I checked it out and realized that it was a unique opportunity," he said. "It was something that would challenge me. I intended to stay in for three years and then be a civilian again. But I found enjoyed what I was doing, and the people with whom I worked. I got good assignments and served with some really good people."

Binetti has served three tours of duty in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan. He has served in engineering units in the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea; the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C.; the 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga., and the 20th Engineer Brigade in Fort Bragg. He served as the executive officer of 20th Engineer Brigade during its deployment to Operation New Dawn in Iraq, and has also served in Kosovo.

Binetti has received three Bronze Stars, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, two Meritorious Service medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, four Army Commendation Medals and two Army achievement medals. He has been awarded the Combat Action Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab, French Parachutist Badge and the Australian Parachutist Badge. He is also a recipient of the Army Engineer Association's Bronze de Fleury Medal.

Binetti is married to Maj. Heather Herbert, a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, who has transferred to the JAG School on North Grounds. They have two small children.

"I was excited to be with soldiers and now I am excited to be with cadets," he said. "I can tap into the energy they have."

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No free beer: Alaska airline modifies promotion

(AP) ? It turns out, there is no such thing as a free beer, at least on Era Alaska flights.

The airline had been offering a free 6-ounce beer to adult passengers.

KMXT (http://is.gd/a8gMNG ) reports the airline discontinued the program Tuesday as a courtesy to the state, which prohibits free alcohol from being used as a marketing tool. However, there is no federal law against it once planes are airborne.

The airline will now charge $1 for each glass of Denali Brewing Co.'s "Single Engine Red." Previously, the first beer was free and every beer thereafter was $3.

The beer is available on the airline's Dash 8 routes between Anchorage and Fairbanks, Deadhorse, Homer and Kodiak. The promotion is scheduled to run through June but may be extended.

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Nicki Minaj Recruits 2 Chainz For Her Pink Friday Tour

2 Chainz, who is currently touring with Drake, will join the Young Money queen for the North American leg starting in July.
By Rob Markman


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When 2 Chainz and YMCMB hook up, good things are bound to happen. With only two more dates left on Drake's Club Paradise run, it was announced on Tuesday (June 19) that Drizzy's tourmate, 2 Chainz, will be joining Nicki Minaj on the North American leg of her Pink Friday Tour.

The two first hooked up on Nicki's "Beez in the Trap" single earlier this year, but their relationship actually dates back to around 2008, when the both were on the road with Lil Wayne. "I've known Nicki for a minute; I met her on the I Am Music Tour, the first leg with Wayne," 2 Chainz told MTV News in April. "It was cool, we had a great relationship, we used to talk, trip out here and there."

"He's an amazing dude, very hard worker," Nicki told us in April.

Their camaraderie was evident in the "Beez in the Trap" video as Minaj shared a dance with the Atlanta MC. Nicki has been known to give lap dances to guests during her shows, so don't be surprised if she and Tity Boi share a special moment or two when they hit the road in Chicago on July 16.

The news comes a day after 2 Chainz and Drake dropped their video for "No Lie." The rising single is the first off his upcoming solo debut Based on a T.R.U. Story, which is slated to drop on August 14, two days after he and Nicki wrap up their last scheduled date in Vancouver, B.C.

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Wade dealing with custody issue during Finals

Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade listens to a question during a news conference, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Miami. The Heat play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the NBA basketball finals on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade listens to a question during a news conference, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Miami. The Heat play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the NBA basketball finals on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

MIAMI (AP) ? Dwyane Wade has asked a Chicago judge to suspend his ex-wife's right to visitation with their two children after a weekend incident that delayed the boys' return to his custody and led to her arrest.

Wade's attorney, James Pritikin, filed an emergency motion and appeared in court Tuesday to have it heard, hours before the Miami Heat guard was to play in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

A hearing was set for June 26, which would be the date of Game 7 if the Heat and Thunder extend the series to its limit.

Wade told The Associated Press that his sons have been with him in Miami since about 6 a.m. Sunday ? "That's what mattered most to me, getting them here to be with me on Father's Day," he said ? and that the incident has not adversely affected his play in the championship series.

Siohvaughn Funches-Wade was charged with two counts of attempted child abduction, two counts of unlawful visitation interference and one count of resisting arrest, Cook County Sheriff's spokesman Frank Bilecki told The AP on Tuesday. Another woman at the home at the time, Nadgee Alarcon, was charged with one count of resisting arrest, Bilecki said. All the charges are misdemeanors.

Funches-Wade posted $10,000 bond on Monday, Bilecki said, and is due back in court in August. It was not known if she had an attorney.

"Once again, S.L. has used our minor children as the proverbial pawns in this contentious dissolution of marriage action," Wade wrote in the filing, using initials to protect identities but referring to his ex-wife. "This court must take action to protect our minor children from further exposure to the present environment S.L. creates while they are in her care and preventing S.L. from exercising her parenting time in a manner that is harmful to our children."

The couple was divorced in 2010. Wade was awarded custody of the boys in March 2011. His ex-wife's appeal of that decision was denied in December, and the couple is scheduled to return to court in September in an attempt to complete financial terms of the divorce.

"The minor children have been subjected to great deal of drama/trauma as a result of S.L.'s conduct," the filing said.

According to the filing, the two boys were to be picked up by Wade's sister around noon Saturday so they could make a 3:05 p.m. flight from Chicago to Miami so they could be in South Florida for the entirety of Father's Day.

Wade's sister got no response at the home, and after "several hours" the sheriff's office was called to send someone to the scene, according to the filing. It also said Funches-Wade attempted to leave the home without the children when one of the responding deputies tried taking her into custody. The boys, at that time, were with Alarcon inside the home, according to the filing.

Wade eventually hired a private jet to bring his sons home early Sunday, and upon their arrival, his older son told him that Alarcon "smacked him on the head," according to court records.

Records show Funches-Wade was transferred to a hospital after the incident on Saturday. She told officers she was experiencing shortness of breath and thought she was having an asthma attack.

Wade recently finished writing a book primarily about fatherhood and the custody fight for his sons. It will be released Sept. 4.

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Analysis: Crisis-weary Hungarians lose faith in government

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The deepening economic crisis is taking its toll on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government -- two years after a landslide election victory his party's support is crumbling and three-quarters of voters believe the country is on the wrong track.

Growing disillusionment can be felt across the central European nation, whose economy is sliding into recession again after a sharp downturn in 2009, with the rising living standards that Orban promised when his party won power failing to materialize.

While still paying off a 2008 bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the government is seeking a new financing backstop to shield the indebted economy from the neighboring euro zone's mounting debt crisis.

Negotiations with the IMF will be difficult, however, as Orban will be reluctant to give up or tweak his Fidesz party's main policies, including a flat income tax and family tax breaks aimed to support the middle class, the party's core voter base.

Orban has been at loggerheads with Brussels over several laws that critics say served to cement his party's strong powers beyond the end of his term, while huge windfall taxes imposed on banks and selected business sectors eroded investors' trust.

"Orban is in a corner regarding his popularity: If he sticks to the status quo, the economy and living standards will be impacted. But if he does a U-turn, this will also be seen as implicit acknowledgement that his strategy was wrong," said Mujtaba Rahman, analyst at think tank Eurasia Group.

The big game changer would be an escalation of the euro zone crisis, which could sharply weaken the forint currency and send Hungary's markets plunging.

That, say analysts, would quickly drive the government to embrace IMF support despite Orban's earlier rebuff of the Fund in the name of sovereignty over finances and economic policy.

When Hungarians gave Orban's conservative Fidesz party a two-thirds parliamentary majority two years ago, they were hoping for a recovery, stability, and new jobs after years of successive Socialist governments.

Instead, most ordinary Hungarians, who have benefited little from the income tax cuts, feel life has turned into a grinding struggle as prices and taxes are rising.

"Things may have improved for the rich, but those who are poor will remain poor," said Erzsebet Pupos, 46, who is selling vegetables and mushrooms at one of Budapest's main markets.

"Nothing will change here, everything is just getting more expensive ... The biggest problem is that there are no jobs."

Discontent is palpable in the bustling market hall, with most people complaining about a surge in fuel and food prices. Inflation was running at 5.3 percent in May.

The forint is trading near 300 to the euro, sharply weaker from levels of 265 when Fidesz took power, even though it has firmed from record lows of 324 hit in early January when Hungary's debt rating was cut to "junk".

WIDE-SPREAD APATHY

According to a survey by pollster Median, Fidesz' support dropped to its lowest in a decade at 22 percent last month, even though it still has a lead over the opposition Socialists, who stand at 16 percent. Far-right Jobbik hovers around 11 percent.

The survey showed 76 percent of the people are pessimistic about the country's outlook while another recent poll by Ipsos showed this rate even higher, at 81 percent.

Half of Hungary's 8 million electorate is undecided or would not vote if parliamentary elections were held now, although the next election is not due until 2014.

"I have become so skeptical that I would not (vote) for anybody," said Maria Gubicsak who sells pickled vegetables and complains her customers are spending less and less.

"Unfortunately, people are getting poorer, the pensioners who used to buy a pound (of pickles) before, now ask for half a pound or less ... Those young people who work for a bank, have two degrees and speak 3-4 languages, and those in information technology (are fine). But the rest are also suffering."

Fidesz is still strong among its core voters and the opposition is fragmented. Orban's strong anti-Brussels rhetoric, push for national sovereignty and combative style, which has turned him into a bugbear of Europe in the eyes of many, appeals to part of the population.

But the rapid erosion of Fidesz' support will put pressure on Orban to act, while his hands are tied on the fiscal front and markets are pushing him to secure a deal with the IMF after months of delays.

"With the IMF or without the IMF, the government will be forced to keep the politically painful road of fiscal discipline, after six years of belt tightening, while the Hungarian public has developed a strong austerity fatigue," said Peter Kreko, analyst at Political Capital.

FAIRY TALE?

Hungary's economy shrank by 1.2 percent in the first quarter, posting the biggest quarterly drop in the whole of the 27-member EU. Analysts project only modest, 1.1 percent growth for next year according to a recent Reuters poll.

The government is more upbeat and says growth could pick up to 1.6 percent by 2013 on the back of two big automotive investments by Daimler and Audi.

A government spokesman said most of this growth would come from net exports, while a public works programme would employ at least 200,000 people this year and structural measures affecting the labor market would boost growth in the medium term.

"The present government governs by taking the steps which Hungarian society and economy needs in the medium term," spokesman Andras Giro-Szasz said.

"The Hungarian fairy tale or the Hungarian example will be a successful one in a year's time," Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy told CNN in a recent interview.

Few share his optimism.

The budget deficit will be below the EU's 3 percent ceiling this year and next year, which is a significant achievement after a series of budget overshoots.

But unemployment remains high at about 11 percent, and investments are falling after unconventional measures in the past two years, including Europe's biggest bank tax and a nationalization of private pension funds.

While cutting state spending, the government also hiked the main value-added tax rate to 27 percent from 25 in January and announced new taxes on telecoms services and financial transactions.

"I have three children and my income has increased significantly. We can say that I have benefited from the new tax policy," said Attila Garai, who came for a snack lunch.

"I'm skeptical but hard working. I'm disappointed over what has been done, it seems rather hopeless but I don't give up," added Rita Giovannoli, who came for her daily shop. She says the worst is an increased uncertainty over the future.

(Reporting by Krisztina Than)

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Hammel pitches 1-hitter, Orioles beat Braves

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel works the mound against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel works the mound against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Baltimore Orioles' Mark Reynolds knocks in two runs with a line-drive single to left field against the Atlanta Braves during the fourth inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Atlanta Braves pitcher Brandon Beachy works the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel works the mound against the Atlanta Braves during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel comes off the field in the seventh inning after having his potential perfect baseball game interrupted by walking Atlanta Braves' Dan Uggla on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Atlanta. Hammel pitched a complete game and Baltimore won 5-0. (AP Photo/John Amis)

(AP) ? Jason Hammel just wanted go deep into the game and give Baltimore's bullpen some rest.

He nearly got his first no-hitter in the process.

Hammel pitched a one-hitter for his first career shutout, allowing only Jason Heyward's two-out single in the seventh inning, and the Orioles beat the Atlanta Braves 5-0 on Saturday night.

"A no-hitter would've been nice, but it gave the bullpen the night off," Hammel said. "I heard from them. Not one bullpen pitch thrown. That's huge because we've been taxing them pretty good."

There have already been five no-hitters in the majors this season, including three this month, and Hammel made a strong bid to add to the list. He struck out eight and walked two, throwing 65 of 102 pitches for strikes.

Brian Roberts drove in three runs for the Orioles, who have won six of seven.

Atlanta pitcher Brandon Beachy (5-5) left in the fourth inning with right elbow soreness. The major leagues' ERA leader allowed no hits and one run, struck out five and walked one.

The Braves have lost five of six.

Hammel (7-2) had been struggling on the road, entering with a 1-1 record and a 4.76 ERA in his previous three starts away from Camden Yards. But he settled down after walking Dan Uggla on four pitches to begin the second.

Hammel retired the next 17 batters he faced before walking Uggla again with two out in the seventh. Heyward followed with a clean single to left field, but Eric Hinske flied out to end the inning.

Hammel got through the ninth in six pitches, retiring Michael Bourn on a flyout and Martin Prado and Brian McCann on groundouts before receiving congratulations from his teammates.

The Baltimore dugout started buzzing as Hammel ended the fifth with a no-hitter intact.

"A lot of guys get in a different mental frame, but you could tell that he didn't," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "I think everybody kind of knew what was going on. Guys were starting to scatter in the dugout, and I noticed guys standing in the same place, including me."

Acquired in the February trade that sent Jeremy Guthrie to Colorado, Hammel had pitched poorly against Atlanta before Saturday, going 0-3 with 9.00 ERA in five career starts overall and 0-2 with a 11.74 ERA in two starts at Turner Field.

"I had a terrible track record against the Braves," Hammel said. "These guys have given me nightmares, especially here at Turner Field. I'm very excited to get out of here with a win. They put a good team on the field every year."

After walking Chris Davis on six pitches with two outs in the fourth, Beachy stopped in front of the mound and signaled to catcher Brian McCann that he was injured. He walked off the field during a mound visit from manager Fredi Gonzalez.

Beachy, who made 40 of his 57 pitches for strikes, retired his first 11 batters. He now has a 2.00 ERA.

"We're going to get the MRI and hope for the best on the results," Beachy said. "It's really frustrating. I've had a lot of success when I've felt good this year. I feel like I'm in a position where I know more. I know what I'm trying to do and I'm doing it, when I physically can."

Anthony Varvaro came in and walked Adam Jones and Matt Wieters to load the bases. Mark Reynolds then hit a two-run single to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.

Baltimore went ahead 3-0 in the fifth when Roberts' single off Varvaro scored Steve Pearce from second.

Cristhian Martinez, the third Atlanta pitcher, worked a scoreless sixth before Roberts lined a two-run single to right.

Hammel, who took a no-hitter into the eighth inning April 8 before beating the Minnesota Twins 3-1, said his bullpen session gave him no idea he would one-hit the Braves.

"I actually had a terrible bullpen, believe it or not," he said. "I was kind of feeling my way through the first two innings and then obviously just carried it on and found a pretty good groove."

NOTES: It was Hammel's second career complete game and first since he pitched eight innings in the Rockies' 1-0 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 1, 2009. ... Bourn went 0 for 4 to snap a career-high 14-game hitting streak. ... Gonzalez said before the game that Chipper Jones, who was held out with a swollen left knee, will be in the lineup at 3B on Sunday. ... Gonzalez likely will use Jones as a designated hitter when Atlanta visits the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox next week. ... Atlanta 1B Freddie Freeman was out of the lineup with a swollen knuckle on his left index finger. ... Showalter said RF Nick Markakis, who underwent right wrist surgery on June 1, will visit a doctor on Friday for a standard checkup. Markakis was initially expected to miss three to four weeks. ... Roberts is expected to get a standard day off Sunday with 2B Robert Andino starting in his place.

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Acquittal could boost Clemens' Hall bid

By RONALD BLUM

AP Sports Writer

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updated 8:22 p.m. ET June 18, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Cleared in court, Roger Clemens will now take his case before a larger jury: some 600 Hall of Fame voters.

Twelve jurors acquitted him Monday on charges of lying to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Come December, the voters will decide whether Clemens - one of the best pitchers in baseball history - should be granted or denied the game's highest honor.

"I think everybody believes he was guilty in some form or fashion," said John Harper of the New York Daily News, who doesn't plan to vote for Clemens. "I think that's the real issue as far as voters go. I know that's an issue for me."

ESPN reporter/analyst Tim Kurkjian, a Hall voter for more than two decades, said: "It doesn't change how I view him. I think he did something and they just couldn't prove it. I think most rational people look at it that way. I was going to vote for him anyway."

Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa all will be first-timers on the ballot, which in some ways will be a referendum for the Steroids Era. Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling and Craig Biggio also will be making their initial appearances.

"To me, Roger Clemens was a Hall of Famer from the moment he retired, just like Barry Bonds," San Francisco Chronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins said. "I don't much care for them as people, but that's irrelevant, and I've never believed in the Hall of Fame's `character' clause. It never seemed to apply to a number of shady characters who made the Hall of Fame over the years, so I simply ignore it. I base my vote on the best players during their time. Cheating has been part of the game since its inception, whether it was gambling, doctored balls or pre-steroid drugs. It's as essential to the game's fabric as the sacrifice fly."

Asked about Clemens' chances for making the Hall, NBC's Bob Costas said: "A guilty verdict would have damaged his reputation. It remains to be seen how much or if this verdict helps it.

Costas doesn't cast a ballot; Hall of Fame voters are veteran members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

"I think some people will assume that he may very well have lied, but that the government couldn't prove it," former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent said. "They may have real reservations about his record in light of those questions. But I think it modestly improves his chances of being elected to the Hall of Fame."

Clemens spent 4 1/2 years proclaiming his innocence after Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, told baseball investigator George Mitchell that he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone about 16 to 21 times during 1998, 2000 and 2001.

On Monday, a jury of eight women and four men agreed with Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

"I think it's great for the game because we can stop talking about it now," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. "I'm pretty sure baseball fans are happy it's over."

Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, a longtime friend of Clemens and a key witness in the case, declined comment before Monday night's game. Pettitte was believed to have given Clemens a boost when he testified there was a 50-50 chance he might have misunderstood a conversation during the 1999-00 offseason that the government claimed was proof Clemens admitted using HGH.

"We get all these trials out of the way, we can move on," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, a former Clemens teammate. "Now, it seems like we're beyond it."

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig declined comment on the verdict, announced in U.S. District Court in Washington.

Union head Michael Weiner said Clemens was "vindicated."

"We look forward to him taking his rightful place in the Hall of Fame," Weiner said.

Vincent called it a "big win" for Clemens and his lawyer. "It's a major defeat for the Justice Department - one of a series," he said. "I think the government is at a huge disadvantage against really good outside lawyers."

Clemens is the latest sports figure to frustrate the federal government's efforts to nab suspected steroid cheats despite prosecution costs of tens of millions of dollars.

Bonds, a seven-time NL MVP, was convicted of a single obstruction of justice count that he gave an evasive answer to a grand jury in 2003, and charges were dropped last year that he made false statements when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

A grand jury investigation of Lance Armstrong was dropped last winter without charges being filed, though the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency filed formal accusations last week that could strip the seven-time Tour de France winner of his victories in that storied race. Armstrong denies any doping.

Jeff Novitzky and his teams of investigators have obtained only two guilty pleas from athletes (Olympic track star Marion Jones and former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield); and two convictions (Bonds and sprint cyclist Tammy Thomas). Jones, who also pleaded guilty to making false statements about her association with a check-fraud scheme, was the only targeted athlete to serve a day in prison.

Bonds' conviction still must survive an appeal.

Clemens has no such worries. With a 354-184 record, 3.12 ERA and 4,672 strikeouts, he would have been a sure first-ballot Hall of Fame when the votes are totaled in January. But since the day the Mitchell Report was released, his reputation has been tainted by suspicion.

Still, Cleveland Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin was thrilled for Clemens, one of his boyhood heroes growing up in Texas.

"If a case goes on that long and the jury decides he's not guilty, then obviously he's telling the truth," he said.

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AP Sports Writers Howard Fendrich, Mike Fitzpatrick, Janie McCauley, Ben Walker and Tom Withers and Associated Press writer Fred Frommer contributed to this report.

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??Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress in denying he used performance-enhancing drugs to build his long and brilliant career as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history.

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