Federal Authorities End Prosecution of Barry Bonds

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday formally dropped its criminal prosecution of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's career home run leader.The decade-long investigation and prosecution of Bonds for obstruction of justice ended quietly with the DOJ's one-paragraph court filing announcing it would not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a lower court's reversal of his felony conviction. Father of SF Shooting Victim Urges Immigration Reform A jury convicted Bonds in 2011 of obstruction of justice for giving a meandering answer to a federal grand jury when asked about injections. A federal appeals court overturned that conviction in April.The DOJ could have asked the high court to take the case. Instead, the DOJ said the reversal of Bonds' conviction would stand. Dad 'Hogtied' by Cops at Concert Dies: Atty. Bonds attorney Dennis Riordan decline comment early Tuesday, saying he needed to speak with his client before discussing the case publicly.Major League Baseball had no immediate comment on the Justice Department decision. Beer Tasting Legalized at CA Farmers Markets The U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco didn't respond immediately to a phone call seeking comment....