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The attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky denied what he called "rumors" Thursday that his client was considering a plea deal. "The rumors ... are completely unfounded," Joe Amendola told CNN in an e-mail.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

The plea deal in the weapons case will send the former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress to prison for two years.

Rihanna arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse but was saved from coming face to face with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown - after he copped a plea over charges of assaulting and threatening the Umbrella singer.