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Prosecutor: Stevens' story on gifts 'nonsense'

 
Prosecutors scoffed at Sen. Ted Stevens during closing arguments of his corruption trial Tuesday,  dismissing the Alaska senator's efforts to explain away hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts as "nonsense." (link)

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