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Colin Powell praises Stevens at corruption trial

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:48:03 +0000

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday praised Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ sense of honor at his trial on corruption charges, calling his reputation for honesty and integrity “sterling” in the quarter-century they’ve...

Colin Powell calls Sen. Stevens' word 'sterling'

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:59:02 +0000

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ word “sterling” at the senator’s corruption trial. Federal prosecutors have accused Stevens of lying on Senate documents about more than $250,000 in renovations to his Alaska cabin and other gifts from Bill Allen, former head of the oil services company VECO Corp.

Colin Powell testifies for Sen. Stevens

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:31:51 +0000

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ word “sterling” at the senator’s corruption trial.

Stevens seeks Hatch as character witness

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:29:20 +0000

Sen. Ted Stevens wants Senate colleague Orrin Hatch to put in a good word for him at his corruption trial.

Vietnam to try journalists for corruption stories

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:25 +0000

Two Vietnamese journalists will go on trial next week for allegedly writing inaccurate stories about one of the country’s most high-profile corruption cases, an official said...

Court sentences Chilean tenor to jail for rape

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:09:42 +0000

A Swedish court has sentenced Chilean tenor Ernesto “Tito” Beltran to two years and six months in prison for raping an 18-year-old nanny and molesting a 7-year-old...

Stevens brings in some famous friends to testify

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:32:33 +0000

Republican Sen. Ted Stevens is relying on some of his famous friends to vouch for his honor and honesty in a corruption trial in which he is accused of lying about gifts received from an Alaska oil services...

Inouye says Stevens' word is good

AP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:13:06 +0000

Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii says senators have “absolute faith” in Alaska GOP Sen. Ted Stevens, who is on trial on corruption charges.

Democratic senator to testify for GOP icon Stevens

AP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:52:54 +0000

Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has called one of his oldest friends, Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, as his first defense witness at his corruption...

Prosecutions rests at Stevens trial

AP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:00:08 +0000

After nearly three weeks of testimony about the renovation of a mountain cabin that could ruin an epic political career, federal prosecutors on Thursday rested their corruption case against Sen. Ted...