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Stevens departs Senate in Washington

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-AK, departs the Senate floor, likely for the last time, on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 20, 2008. Stevens, convicted on seven counts of corruption, was narrowly defeated by Mark Begich, the mayor of Anchorage, in his bid for an eighth term. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)


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