Bloomberg is banning big sodas, Cambridge MA is planning to ban soda completely.The Government is unable to even deal with normal responsibilities and administration, so it starts to pick on every weenie distraction within its purview.
Baseball's Roger Clemens acquitted of all charges
It cost we tax payers about $3 million and probably cost Clemens the same to fight it.
By JOSEPH WHITE
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON
Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress by denying he used performance-enhancing drugs to extend his long career as one of the greatest and most-decorated pitchers in baseball history.
Fierce on the pitching mound in his playing days, Clemens was quietly emotional after the verdict was announced. "I'm very thankful," he said, choking up as he spoke. "It's been a hard five years," said the pitcher, who was retried after an earlier prosecution ended in a mistrial.
This case was lengthy, but the deliberations were relatively brief. Jurors returned their verdict after less than 10 hours over several days. The outcome ended a 10-week trial that capped the government's investigation of the pitcher known as "The Rocket" for the fastball that he retained into his 40s. He won seven Cy Young Awards, emblematic of the league's best pitcher each year in a 24-year career with the Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays and Astros.
The verdict was the latest blow to the government's legal pursuit of athletes accused of illicit drug use.
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