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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Texas judge refused to recuse himself in the felony child abuse case of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosecutors wanted Judge Kelly Case, who sits on the Montgomery County 9th District Court, removed because of bias claims in the case. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday on whether to remove Case, but it may be rescheduled because Peterson\u2019s lead attorney, Rusty Hardin, is scheduled to be out of town.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Case was forced to apologize to attorneys after calling them \"media whores\"&amp;nbsp;when Peterson made his first appearance in the courtroom last week. Case said he meant the comment as a joke.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peterson also formally plead not guilty to charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child after authorities said he hit his 4-year-old son with a switch. He made the plea on Oct. 8, but it was not made public until Monday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peterson, 29, faces up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted on the charges. He has said he did not intend to injure the child.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosecutors have asked the court to have Peterson arrested for violating the terms of his bail after he allegedly told a drug tester that he had smoked marijuana.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peterson has been freed on a $15,000 bond and a trial has tentatively been set to start Dec. 1, but it can begin sooner depending on the court's docket.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peterson has been on the NFL's exempt/commissioner's permission list since last month, and he is receiving his full $11.75 million salary. He is barred from all team activities until his case is resolved.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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