By ALLISON HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
The probe _ prompted by the cocaine overdose death last year of a freshman sorority member _ led to [...]

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By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew was identified Friday in government court documents as a user of illegal and banned performance-enhancing drugs.
The gold medalist in the 4×400 relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics is one of seven elite athletes once trained by Trevor Graham who are scheduled [...]

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By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday that police have the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turns out to have violated state law.
The unanimous decision comes in a case from Portsmouth, Va., where city detectives seized crack cocaine from a [...]

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By MIKE ROBINSON Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO (AP) _ The government’s star witness at political fundraiser Antoin ”Tony” Rezko’s fraud trial gave an embarrassing, detailed account Monday of how he gorged on powerful drugs in his office, aboard chartered planes and in all-night sessions with male companions in luxury hotels.
Attorney Stuart P. Levine, the political insider [...]

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By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Federal prosecutors said Thursday they have ”overwhelming” proof that former Olympic cyclist Tammy Thomas lied when she told a grand jury that she never used steroids, including a high-end bicycle they allege she traded for performance-enhancing drugs when she was low on cash.
The prosecutors outlined their [...]

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By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A Democratic congressman asked the FBI on Wednesday to drop its investigation of Roger Clemens because the pitching great had suffered enough from the probe into steroid use.
Rep. Anthony Weiner, a candidate for New York mayor in 2009, said the FBI is too busy with more important [...]

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By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A court commissioner ruled Wednesday that Britney Spears’ father will retain control of the troubled pop star’s finances and estate for another five months.
Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz extended Jamie Spears’ control until July 31, said court spokesman Alan Parachini. Parachini wasn’t immediately able to provide [...]

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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) _ Brian McNamee asked a federal judge to throw out Roger Clemens’ defamation suit and to disqualify the pitcher’s lead attorney.
McNamee’s lawyers filed motions Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Houston, where the case was moved after Clemens filed it in Texas state court. They said that [...]

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By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ The release of Barry Bonds’ grand jury transcripts made one thing clear: whatever his personal trainer Greg Anderson gave him, he said he didn’t pay for it.
”I never paid Greg for anything,” the slugger testified in December 2003.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston ordered the transcripts [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ A divided Supreme Court is leaving intact a ruling favoring people who sued a pharmaceutical company, saying they had been harmed by a drug to combat diabetes.
The dispute stems from several suits against Warner-Lambert over its diabetes drug Rezulin. Warner-Lambert is now owned by Pfizer. The Supreme Court split 4-4 in the [...]

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