For those who will write the history of modern Alaska, nearly 5,000 numbered boxes in the basement of the University of Alaska Fairbanks library are likely to be a critical element in achieving ...

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens  and eight others crashed in remote southwest Alaska, killing the longtime Republican lawmaker and four other people, ...

The FBI will post the bureau’s file on the late Sen. Ted Stevens today, which could clear up some questions about the long serving Alaska Republican who was found guilty in a corruption trial but had ...

A day after Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was found guilty of seven felonies, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain called for his longtime colleague to step down, saying the senator "has broken ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Tuesday dismissed the ethics conviction of former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska after taking the extraordinary step of naming a special prosecutor to investigate whether the ...

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge began on Tuesday to shape the jury that will decide whether Sen. Ted Stevens is guilty of lying about gifts on his annual Senate disclosure forms. Jury selection is set ...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:58:24 GMT — Senator Ted Stevens, convicted in Washington in October on seven felony counts, told reporters he was ready to fight an effort to oust him from the Republican ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska's political patriarch in disgrace.

WASHINGTON — The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public-corruption sting, sources said. The recordings suggest the Justice ...