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A U.S. jury convicted Barry Bonds on Wednesday of one count of obstructing justice but deadlocked on three other charges of whether baseball's home run king lied to a grand jury investigating the use of steroids in sports.

A federal prosecutor told jurors in the Barry Bonds perjury trial Thursday that the former San Francisco Giants slugger "was given every opportunity to tell the truth" when he denied that he knowingly using steroids but lied to protect a "powerful secret."

Barry Bonds' defense rested Wednesday without calling a single witness in the federal perjury trial.

Legal analysts say the testimony of former Bonds aide Kathy Hoskins, who testified she saw the slugger's personal trainer inject him in the navel, may be a key point in the trial.

A star government witness in the Barry Bonds perjury trial took the stand Wednesday morning and testified that the slugger ordered him in 1999 to research the effects of a steroid....