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              In  this  July  24,  2005,  file
            photo,  overall  leader  Lance
            Armstrong,  of  Austin,  Texas,
            surrounded  by  press  photog-
            raphers,  gestures  seven,  for
            his seventh straight win in the
            Tour de France cycling race,
            prior  to  the  start  of  the  21st
            and  final  stage  of  the  race,
            between    Corbeil-Essonnes,
            south of Paris, and the French
            capital.
                        Associated Press

            Lance Armstrong
            settles $100M
            lawsuit with
            U.S. government


            By JIM VERTUNO
            AUSTIN,  Texas  (AP)  —
            Lance     Armstrong    has
            reached  a  $5  million  set-
            tlement  with  the  federal
            government  in  a  whistle-
            blower  lawsuit  that  could
            have sought $100 million in
            damages  from  the  cyclist
            who was stripped of his re-
            cord seven Tour de France
            victories  after  admitting
            he  used  performance-en-
            hancing  drugs  throughout
            much of his career.
            The deal announced Thurs-         LaMarre's single lifts Twins
            day came as the two sides
            prepared  for  a  trial  that     over Indians 2-1 in 16 innings
            was  scheduled  to  start
            May 7 in Washington. Arm-
            strong’s  former  U.S.  Postal
            Service  teammate  Floyd
            Landis  filed  the  original
            lawsuit  in  2010  and  is  eli-
            gible for up to 25 percent
            of  the  settlement.  Seeking
            millions  spent  sponsoring
            Armstrong’s   powerhouse
            teams,  the  government
            joined  the  lawsuit  against
            Armstrong  in  2013  after
            his  televised  confession  to
            using  steroids  and  other   Minnesota Twins' Eddie Rosario runs home to score in the 16h inning on a single by Ryan LaMarre, giving the Twins a 2-1 victory over
            performance-enhancing        the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early Thursday, April 19, 2018.
            drugs and methods.                                                                                                             Associated Press
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