time.com - 10/27/2008
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor
thehill.com - 10/27/2008
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thehill.com —
Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Senate Republican in history
and patriarch of Alaska politics, was found guilty of...
all seven felony charges for making false statements. The verdict could spell the end of a 40-year Senate career for a man who rose to ...
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Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of felony charges
adn.com - 10/27/2008
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adn.com —
WASHINGTON - A jury has found U.S. Sen.
Ted Stevens guilty of all seven counts of lying...
on his financial disclosure forms. It is the highest-profile felony conviction in a sweeping four-year federal investigation into corruption in Alaska politics, ...
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Jury finds Stevens guilty of lying about gifts: Sen. Ted ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/27/2008
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(CNN) — Sarah Palin said Monday Sen. Ted
Stevens' guilty verdict "is a sad day for Alaska."...
"This is a sad day for Alaska and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family," she said on the tarmac at Richmond International Airport. "The verdict ...
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STEVENS FOUND GUILTY
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... A federal jury finds the Senate's longest-serving Republican guilty on all seven counts felony counts for concealing more than $250,000 worth of gifts and free home renovations.
84-year-old Stevens is currently in a reelection challenge from Democrat Mark Begich for his Alaska Senate seat. ...
Ted Stevens Found Guilty on All Counts
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
Item: (WASHINGTON) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor. The Senate's longest-serving Republican, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts of making false statements on Senate financial documents. The verdict throws the upcoming election into disarray. Stevens is fighting off a challenge from Democrat Mark Begich and must now either drop out or continue campaigning as a convicted felon.The election being thrown into "disarray" ...
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oliverwillis.com 10/27/2008 — Amen .
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska’s political patriarch.
The verdict, coming just days before Election Day, adds further uncertainty to a closely watched Senate race. Democrats ...
AK-Sen: Ted Stevens Found Guilty On All Counts
dailykos.com 10/27/2008 — From The Hill : Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Senate Republican in history and patriarch of Alaska politics, was found guilty of felony charges for making false statements. The verdict could spell the end of a 40-year Senate career for a man ...
Stevens Found Guilty on All Counts
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/27/2008 — CNN reporting that Sen. Ted Stevens has been found guilty on all seven counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms.
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corner.nationalreview.com 10/27/2008 — has been found guilty.
I know that numbers in the Senate matter, but this is one seat I didn't care to win with. Republicans should have pressured him to resign long before today. But they, of course, didn't. And so here we are.
Ted Stevens can’t vote for himself.
thinkprogress.org 10/28/2008 — Kos points to Alaska election law , which shows that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) — who was convicted on seven felony charges today — can’t even vote for himself in November:
I was convicted of a felony, but have served my time and am ...
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First Read 10/27/2008
From NBC's Pete Williams, Mike Kosnar, and Mark MurrayA jury found Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) guilty on all seven counts in his federal corruption trial. He was convicted of lying about $250,000 of gifts and renovations on his Alaska home.
This ...
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Reuters: Politics 10/27/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was found guilty on Monday of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts from a powerful constituent, a verdict that could help Democratic efforts to increase their control of the Senate ...