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How Alaska Will Remember Sen. Ted Stevens

Nov. 20, 2008
Despite his conviction for violating federal ethics laws, Sen. Ted Stevens may be best remembered by Alaskans for helping secure an endless stream of federal dollars for the state he helped found.
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JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, convicted of failing to report cash and gifts on his Senate disclosure forms, held a slim lead in his bid to be re-elected.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, faces expulsion from the Senate if he wins re-election this week.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens returned to Alaska a convicted felon to begin a six-day campaign and to ask voters to return him to Washington for a seventh term.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was described as a politician eager for freebies and a lawmaker smeared by an admitted crook as his trial wound up Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens has until January to officially report financial details regarding the attorneys defending him in federal court, regulations say.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A jury was seated Wednesday in the corruption trial in Washington of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, paving the way for opening statements to begin.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Indicted Sen. Ted Stevens has bested six challengers and won the Republican primary in Alaska.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' request to move his federal corruption trial to his home state of Alaska was denied Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- New filings by U.S. prosecutors in their case against Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, included claims he used inside help for profit in a development deal.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The trial for indicted Sen. Ted Stevens should be in his home state of Alaska, his attorneys argue, because witnesses, events and Stevens are centered there.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- An Alaska half-way house entrepreneur has admitted giving money illegally to a state senate candidate he hoped would get approval for a private prison.
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Stevens asks to move trial to Alaska

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Lawyers for indicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, asked a federal court in Washington Monday to move the case to the senator's home state.

Stevens says not guilty, wants fast trial

WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he lied on financial disclosure forms and asked for a trial before the general election.

Sen. Stevens to be arraigned Thursday

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- Sen. Ted Steven, R-Alaska, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in a federal court on charges that he lied on his Senate financial disclosure forms.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch