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October 2008
- Sen. Stevens Loses His Bid for Mistrial
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Oct 2, 08 5:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Stevens' corruption trial will continue despite serious errors by prosecutors, a federal judge in Washington ruled this afternoon. Material that should have been turned over to the senator's defense team much earlier surfaced Wednesday, infuriating Judge Emmet Sullivan, the Anchorage Daily News reports. He declined to dismiss the case or declare a mistrial despite responding to the prosecutors' contention that the omission was "human error" by calling it "probably intentional." More »
- Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial
  
  Associated Press | Oct 2, 08 11:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A federal judge sent the jury in Ted Stevens’ Washington corruption trial home today as he considers declaring a mistrial for the Alaska senator, the AP reports. Stevens’ lawyers claimed that prosecutors attempted to withhold FBI reports about the government’s key witness, former oil exec Bill Allen, that they say would’ve helped their defense. More »
- Oil Exec: Sen. Stevens Wasn't Serious About Paying Bills
  
  Wall Street Journal | Oct 1, 08 2:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Stevens avoided eye contact with onetime buddy Bill Allen as the former oil exec detailed his company’s renovations on the senator’s home, the Wall Street Journal reports. Allen says he received thank-you notes from Stevens saying, “You owe me a bill. … It just has to be done right,” but that a mutual friend dismissed them and said, “Ted's just covering his ass.” More »
September 2008
- Friend Fingers Stevens at Trial
  
  Associated Press | Sep 30, 08 4:37 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - A longtime friend of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens crossed the powerful lawmaker and testified today as the star witness in the Republican senator's gift-giving trial. The fiercely loyal Stevens did not acknowledge Bill Allen when he entered the courtroom. The two men barely looked at each other as Allen prepared to testify that he gave the senator $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts. More »
- Stevens Denied Mistrial
  
  Associated Press | Sep 29, 08 10:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A federal judge denied Ted Stevens’ request for a mistrial today, but not before lashing the Department of Justice for withholding a key witness from the defense, the AP reports. “The government is treading in some shallow water here,” Emmet Sullivan declared. Stevens’ lawyers moved for a mistrial after talking with a witness who refuted prosecution evidence and whom, they said, prosecutors knew about. More »
- Palin Turns Over Tainted Donations to Charity
  
  Associated Press | Sep 26, 08 8:45 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - When Sarah Palin ran for governor, she made a point of not taking any money from VECO, an oil company at the center of a corruption scandal. But she did take, and will now give to charity, donations of $1,000 each from two politicians indicted for their role in the scandal, and another $1,000 from one of their wives. More »
- Stevens Used Oil Firm as 'Handyman': Prosecutors
  
  The Hill | Sep 25, 08 4:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Prosecutors say Republican Sen. Ted Stevens deliberately failed to disclose gifts from an Alaska oil company, including $240,000 in home renovations and a $2,700 massage chair, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Veco acted as his own personal handyman service,” the prosecution said in the opening arguments of Stevens’ corruption trial today in Washington. “If the defendant needed an electrician, he would contact Veco.” More »
- Judge: Stevens Can Skip Court, But Jury Won't Know Why
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Sep 23, 08 1:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If Ted Stevens leaves court to attend to the current financial crisis, a federal judge warns he won't relay details to the jury, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Jurors in the corruption trial would simply be notified of the senator's absence and told that there is nothing wrong with it, the judge said today, adding, "I think it's possible that some jurors may think someone is too busy." More »
- Stevens Corruption Trial Begins
  
  KTUU | Sep 22, 08 5:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Jury selection began today in the corruption trial of Ted Stevens, the first US senator in over 20 years to face a criminal trial, reports WTUU of Anchorage. The list of 200-plus possible witnesses at the Alaska Republican's trial, in federal court in Washington, DC, includes Colin Powell as well as Democrats Ted Kennedy, Daniel Inouye, and Patrick Leahy, the AP reports. More »
- Oil, Politics Swirl in Stevens' Trial
  
  New York Times | Sep 22, 08 5:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As the corruption trial against Alaska Sen.Ted Stevens gets started today, the politician is preparing to face off against a gritty oilman who has bragged about "owning" state lawmakers, reports the New York Times . The chief defense witness in Stevens' corruption trial is Bill Allen, a high-school dropout who worked his way up from welder to founder and CEO of one of the state’s most powerful companies. More »
August 2008
- Indictments Be Damned, Stevens Wins Alaska Primary
  
  Associated Press | Aug 27, 08 7:19 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Alaska’s Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, may be facing federal charges, but he’ll also be running for re-election after drawing 63% of the vote in his primary race yesterday, reports the AP. And, says Stevens, 84, his upcoming fight with popular Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich will be a “piece of cake” despite his scheduled September trial. More »
- Oil Co. Planned Stevens' Home Renovation
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Aug 4, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The plan to renovate Sen. Ted Stevens’ Alaska home was formed by oil-company employees, participants tell the Anchorage Daily News . The renovation, central to allegations of corruptions against the indicted Republican, was supervised by a Veco employee and paid for by the company, investigators say. Stevens’ home gained a new first floor that made it one story taller. More »
July 2008
- Stevens Pleads Not Guilty
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Jul 31, 08 12:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty today in federal court in Washington to seven counts of corruption, the Anchorage Daily News reports. At his lawyers' request, the judge set a tentative trial date of Sept. 24, more than 5 weeks before the Nov. 4 general election. He'll rule on the defense team's request to move the trial to Alaska on Aug. 19. More »
- Payback Time for Meanest Man in Congress
  
  Washington Post | Jul 30, 08 7:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Few tears were shed on Capital Hill when Ted Stevens was indicted yesterday. Alaska’s celebrated senator spent 4 decades bullying Congress, writes Michael Crowley in the Washington Post, rising ever higher in the ranks by making politics personal. “I'm a mean, miserable SOB,” he’d boast, sporting his trademark Incredible Hulk tie. The message was clear: You wouldn’t like Stevens when he's angry. More »
- In Alaska, GOP Algebra Is Now Calculus
  
  Washington Post | Jul 29, 08 4:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Stevens’ indictment radically changes the landscape in Alaska’s US Senate race, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post . The octogenarian is one of six candidates in the Aug. 26 GOP primary, and it's too late to remove him from the running. The party's best-case scenario would be for Stevens to win and then step aside. More »
June 2008
- Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 19, 08 4:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal , as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends and of the federal search of the Republican's home—and Ted has pushed right back. More »
April 2008
- Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Apr 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Democratic mayor of Anchorage will throw his hat in the ring today for the Alaska Senate seat Ted Stevens has held for 4 decades, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens, one of the Senate's most notorious pork producers, has been reelected easily 7 times, but is now under federal investigation for corruption. Mark Be

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Sen. Stevens Loses His Bid for Mistrial

Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial

Oil Exec: Sen. Stevens Wasn't Serious About Paying Bills

Friend Fingers Stevens at Trial

Stevens Denied Mistrial

Palin Turns Over Tainted Donations to Charity

Stevens Used Oil Firm as 'Handyman': Prosecutors

Judge: Stevens Can Skip Court, But Jury Won't Know Why

Stevens Corruption Trial Begins

Oil, Politics Swirl in Stevens' Trial

Indictments Be Damned, Stevens Wins Alaska Primary

Oil Co. Planned Stevens' Home Renovation

Stevens Pleads Not Guilty

Payback Time for Meanest Man in Congress

In Alaska, GOP Algebra Is Now Calculus

Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat