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HOUSTON (AP) — A lawyer for Shannon Miles says Miles intends to plead not guilty in the shooting death of a suburban Houston sheriff's deputy, Darren Goforth. Anthony Osso (OH'-soh) is one of the two attorneys who were appointed today to represent Miles. He says the only evidence linking Miles to Friday's shooting is the handgun -- and that he plans to have an independent ballistics test done. Prosecutors revealed in court today that Goforth had been shot 15 times.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer who grew up with Darren Goforth is remembering the slain sheriff's deputy as a "simple guy" who was focused on providing for his family. Roland De Los Santos is echoing the comments from authorities who said over the weekend that Goforth was killed because he wore a uniform. He says there's "a lot of anger and hatred toward police," and that the death was "a direct result of the things that are being said."

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a first-degree murder charge against a man accused in the fatal stabbing of his father, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello. Christian Costello is being held without bond in the county jail. Police have said he pulled out a knife while he and his father talked at a fast-food restaurant in Oklahoma City eight days ago. The attack continued after Mark Costello ran into the parking lot where his wife tried to intervene.

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge in New York says he will rule as early as tomorrow on whether New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will have to serve a four-game suspension at the start of the new football season, for his role in using under-inflated footballs in a playoff game. The judge announced today that lawyers for Brady and the NFL had tried this morning to reach a settlement, but weren't able to do so.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has returned a surprise not-guilty verdict at the trial of a Chicago lawyer who was charged with coaching witnesses to lie. The judge says the practices that prosecutors described as illegal are actually the mark of good legal work. Prosecutors accused Beau Brindley of using question-and-answer scripts to write false testimony for clients and witnesses. They said he'd then instruct them to memorize the material. But the judge says prosecutors didn't prove Brindley knew the answers were false. And he says he used the Q-and-As himself when he was an attorney.

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