1.   Both men seemed to rule out accepting any further plea offer that might come from federal prosecutors.

2.   But Edmondson said plea offers are generally withdrawn once a trial begins.

3.   But Heller said she had rejected the plea offer.

4.   But his wife made him promise not to accept a plea offer, he said.

5.   Canova said he cannot discuss plea offers.

6.   Edwin Edwards said Friday that he had rejected a plea offer from prosecutors last year, and would do so again if offered the chance.

7.   Executives at Iroquois denied any wrongdoing and refused to comment on the plea bargain offers.

8.   From then on, the best plea offer he would make defendants, he said, would be at the outset of the case.

9.   He could cut that time in half if he accepts a plea offer when he returns to court Wednesday.

10.   Irvin, for his part, seemed unaware that the prosecution had even made several plea offers earlier in his five months of legal agony.