Remove path white lines after Live Trace

Hello,
Very new to Adobe products(CS5).....
I have created a glass orb image (no mean feat for me!!) in PS from which I would like to make a .swf file from. The plan is to convert it to an ai in Illustrator and then export to .swf.
I have opened the .psd file in illustrator and used live trace to convert to a vector. However, when I expand the resultant image is left with numerous white pathway lines that I suppose were generated by the trace. How can I remove these lines?
Any help greatly received, remembering that I am a real novice to this.
Regards,
Iain....

Thanks Scott,
I have the "Ignore White" option ticked.
I've actually found the solution. When exporting to .swf I selected "AI layers to SWF Symbols" instead of "AI file to SWF symbols". I have no idea why this sorts it though??
Thanks again for your reply.

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