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Cafferty: Should Sen. Stevens resign his Senate seat?

 
Senator Ted Stevens has been convicted on seven counts of fraud. Guess who's found himself in the express lane on the Bridge to Nowhere? Alaska senator Ted Stevens is now a convicted felon, another "public servant" who served himself instead of the public. Stevens was convicted on seven counts of fraud, for concealing more than [...] (link)

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