ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Prosecutors are looking into illegal ties between U.S. oil producers and Veco Corp. Alaska oil services executives, a published report said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Federal authorities taped conversations between U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and an executive who pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska officials, CNN reported.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The son of an ex-Alaska state lawmaker testified his father gave him $8,000 legally, and denied the money was a bribe as two oil-services executives claimed.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Six cities, not including Los Angeles, are among Los Angeles County's "most business-friendly" cities, the local economic development agency said Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors allege the former speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives began taking unlawful gifts as early as 1999.

GIRDWOOD, Alaska, July 30 (UPI) -- Federal lawmen descended on the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens Monday, allegedly looking for evidence in an ongoing bribery investigation.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 8 (UPI) -- Two top officers of an Alaska oil company responsible for much of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup pleaded guilty to bribing four state legislators.

MIAMI, April 8 (UPI) -- A poll released Thursday indicates Florida residents are evenly split on whether Terri Schiavo of Tampa, Fla., should have been kept alive last year.