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Stock Market News and Investment Information Reuters.com: "Topping a long-cherished sports achievement is usually cause for celebration and an excuse for a marketing bonanza, especially when it involves baseball -- America's national pastime.

But the allegations about steroid use around slugger Barry Bonds have clouded the atmosphere as the seven-time Most Valuable Player closes on Babe Ruth's 714 home runs, the second-highest career total behind Hank Aaron's 755.

Bonds, 41, has hit 708 home runs and looks set to add to the total when the Giants' season opens Monday."