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Superior Court Judge Lance Ito rejected as "incoherent" a defensemotion to play for jurors audio tapes of inflammatory comments madeby retired detective Mark Fuhrman. Ito said he couldn't findseveral quotes cited by the defense in transcripts. John Larry Ragle, former head of the Orange County crime lab, toldjurors that police forensic work in the Simpson case was substandard,pointing out mistakes made at the crime scene. OUTSIDE COURT Los Angeles County released figures showing that, as of July 31, ithad spent more than $7.1 million on the Simpson case, including morethan $2.1 million to sequester the jury. WHAT'S NEXT: Among today's expected witnesses are Kenneth Berris, a Chicagopolice officer who searched Simpson's hotel room the morning afterthe killings, and Lori Menzione, of Darien, Ill., a travel agent whospoke to Simpson that day.