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(AP) -- The Daily News is reporting Lance Armstrong has
hired a criminal defense attorney to represent him in the federal
investigation for possible fraud and doping violations by the
seven-time Tour de France winner and his cycling teammates.

 Bryan D. Daly is a former federal prosecutor based in Los
Angeles and partner at the firm Sheppard Mullin Richter and
Hampton. His hiring was first reported by The Daily Journal, a
legal trade publication.

 The investigation was spurred by accusations from Floyd Landis,
a former teammate of Armstrong's on the U.S. Postal team, in a
series of e-mails sent to cycling and doping officials this spring.

 Armstrong has denied the allegations and questioned Landis'
credibility. Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for doping.

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