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Erika Bolstad
Stevens trial almost over, but prosecutors still want e-mails
Even as Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial nears an end, federal prosecutors are still asking for correspondence between the Alaska senator and his wife, Catherine, as well as e-mails she may have sent to 37 people connected to the couple's home renovation and other gifts the senator may have received. They're looking for conversations between her and anyone with a U.S. Senate e-mail address. | 10/12/08 23:00:44 By - Erika Bolstad
Colin Powell: Stevens' reputation 'sterling'
Colin Powell, the retired Army general and former secretary of state, described Sen. Ted Stevens in court Friday as a "trusted individual" and man with a "sterling" reputation. | 10/10/08 00:55:00 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Fellow senator testifies to Stevens' integrity
One of Sen. Ted Stevens' oldest friends and peers, a fellow World War II veteran and senator, led the charge Thursday to defend the Alaska Republican's character and integrity. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, the first defense witness in Stevens' corruption trial, told jurors that fellow senators have "absolute faith" in the 84-year-old Stevens. | 10/09/08 00:08:00 By - Erika Bolstad and Richard Mauer
Stevens trial hit with another setback
The corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens suffered a blow to its credibility Wednesday afternoon when a judge ruled that prosecutors and jurors won't be able to consider some crucial evidence about the time two workers spent renovating his house. | 10/08/08 18:00:14 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Stevens' friends sought to hide helping senator pay bills
Sen. Ted Stevens' friends went out of their way to help pay his bills, according to court testimony Tuesday, even conspiring to cover up how much money they paid for something as minor as plumbing repairs at the senator's home in Alaska. | 10/07/08 11:22:00 By - Erika Bolstad and Richard Mauer
On tape, Stevens professes innocence, worries about jail
Federal prosecutors played secretly recorded conversations from 2006 that showed an occasionally profane Sen. Ted Stevens, irritated with the investigation that led to charges this summer that he took more than $250,000 in gifts — chiefly from Veco Corp. — and lied about them on his Senate financial-disclosure forms. | 10/06/08 14:37:00 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Poll: Palin more likeable, but Obama/Biden gets the votes
An Ipsos/McClatchy poll of undecided voters who watched Thursday's vice presidential debate found that most liked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but that 52 percent would have voted for Barack Obama after the debate anyway. The change was dramatic: Before the debate, those same undecided voters were leaning 56 percent to 44 percent for McCain. The day after, the numbers had tilted to Obama, 52 to 48 percent. | 10/04/08 17:24:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Stevens trial to continue despite prosecution errors
Prosecutors seriously bungled evidence and witnesses but Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial will proceed as planned, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The case against the Alaska Republican had threatened to collapse earlier in the day when his attorney demanded a mistrial or dismissal of charges over the government's failure to turn over evidence favorable to the senator. | 10/02/08 11:27:00 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Stevens, former Veco chief did favors for each other
At its heart, the relationship between Sen. Ted Stevens and the chief of one of Alaska's largest private employers was symbiotic and relatively uncomplicated, federal prosecutors continued to demonstrate Wednesday. | 10/01/08 11:58:00 By - Erika Bolstad and Richard Mauer
Ex-Veco chief describes former friendship with Stevens
The self-made Alaska construction executive whose testimony could bring to an end the 40-year Senate career of Ted Stevens took the stand Tuesday in the corruption case against his former fishing buddy and friend. Bill Allen, the founder of Veco Corp. and the star witness in Stevens' trial, spoke fondly and with admiration of the 84-year-old Republican senator. | 09/30/08 15:10:00 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Prosecution's handling of potential witness angers Stevens trial judge
Sen. Ted Stevens late Sunday accused prosecutors of hiding evidence from a potential witness that would help the Alaska Republican clear his name before the election, and asked a judge to declare a mistrial in his corruption case. | 09/29/08 11:01:00 By - Erika Bolstad and Richard Mauer
'No paper trail' on Stevens' home, Veco bookkeeper told
Veco Corp.'s bookkeeper testified Friday that the company covered up the cost of renovations on Sen. Ted Stevens home in Alaska in its own internal books. Cheryl Boomershine testified that when she asked for an explanation of a $2,000 handwritten expense claim from the construction foreman, an attached note came back with the instructions that there should be no written records. | 09/26/08 14:43:00 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Jury to begin hearing testimony in Stevens corruption trial
A newly selected jury that will determine whether Sen. Ted Stevens is guilty of lying on his financial disclosure forms will hear the first witnesses Thursday in his corruption trial. Stevens was charged in late July with taking more than $250,000 in home repairs, labor and furnishings from a defunct oil-services company, Veco Corp., and Bill Allen, its former chief executive, and failing to report the gifts on his annual Senate disclosure forms. | 09/24/08 13:12:00 By - Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad
Jury selection begins in trial of Sen. Stevens
A federal judge began on Tuesday to shape the jury that will decide whether Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is guilty of lying about gifts on his annual Senate disclosure forms. Jury selection is set to finish early Wednesday morning, and by the end of the day Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan had identified about 30 potential jurors. | 09/23/08 15:03:35 By - Erika Bolsted and Rich Mauer
Sen. Stevens' trial witness list includes senators, Colin Powell
A witness list read to potential jurors Monday morning suggested that a bevy of Sen. Ted Stevens' high-profile Senate colleagues will testify in his corruption trial. | 09/22/08 14:23:00 By - Erika Bolstad and Richard Mauer
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