Joliet, Illinois (CNN) -- Attorneys for Drew Peterson, a former Chicago-area police officer accused of murdering his third wife, argued during opening statements Tuesday that their client spent his career protecting the public and that murder accusations are groundless.

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China's foreign ministry dismissed the New York Times' accusations as "groundless" and "totally irresponsible".

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At the time China's foreign ministry dismissed those accusations as "groundless".

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Senator RICHARD LUGAR (Republican, Indiana): The end result is that many of the accusations have proven to be groundless or, at worst, overstated.

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