Bonds indicted on federal charges

Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds has been indicted by a federal grand jury seated in San Francisco on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying when he said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs in testimony given before another grand jury nearly four years ago.

The indictments were unsealed on Thursday against Bonds, who holds Major League Baseball's all-time record with 762 home runs, and is another tentacle of the case brought against employees and the founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.

Bonds has been ordered to appear in court on Dec. 7, the U.S. Justice Dept. announced.