"The jury in the Barry Bonds perjury trial deliberated for a third day without reaching a verdict and is scheduled to resume discussions today.

The panel made no requests Tuesday of U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, who presided over the trial in San Francisco. The jury began work shortly after 8:30 a.m., took a lunch break and worked until about 3:15 p.m.

Bonds, the former Giants outfielder and baseball's all-time home run champion, is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. He is accused of lying under oath to the grand jury that investigated steroid dealing at the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative in Burlingame. He said he had never knowingly used banned drugs."