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Opinion: What's So Bad About Earmarks?

(Nov. 16) -- Few words are dirtier in Washington than "earmark." Soon-to-be House Speaker John Boehner has vowed to ban them. President Barack Obama has called for earmark reform. The chairmen of the president's debt commission say the practice should be eliminated. And on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,...

Sean O'Keefe Recounts Surviving Alaskan Crash

(Oct. 22) -- Sean O'Keefe had no idea what had just happened. One minute he and his companions had been in the air, flying to a remote fishing camp in southwest Alaska. The next minute he sat bewildered, "spitting out shards of teeth." His first thought was for his 19-year-old son, Kevin. He had been sitting in the front...

Sen. Ted Stevens' Prosecutor Reportedly Commits Suicide

(Sept. 27) -- The Justice Department is expressing condolences this morning following a report that a federal prosecutor who worked on the corruption trial of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens committed suicide. Nicholas Marsh, one of the lead prosecutors in Stevens' 2008 botched trial, took his life over the weekend, NPR...

Pilot Near Alaska Crash Site Says Clouds Were Low

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Aug. 14) -- A pilot flying in the area of this week's Alaska plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others has estimated that clouds were as low as 600 feet at the time of the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board's chairwoman said Saturday. Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said at...

Mystery Still Lingers Over Flight That Killed Ted Stevens

JUNEAU, Alaska (Aug. 14) -- The plane that crashed into an Alaskan mountainside and killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others was outfitted with an alert system that warned pilots of dangerous terrain. But National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman said that it's not known if the system was...

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Ted Stevens Prosecution: Special Counsel Says Prosecutors Intentionally Withheld Information

A special counsel says prosecutors were so intent on winning a corruption case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens that they intentionally withheld information they were obligated to give the defense.

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06/03/12 Heavy fog holds up airport travellers Source: Perth News A plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-NASA chief Sean O'Keefe crashed into a remote mountainside in Alaska, killing the longtime senator and at least four others, authorities said Tuesday.O'Keefe and his teenage son survived the crash with broken bones and other injuries, former NASA spokesman Glenn Mahone said.
05/31/12 DOJ finds prosecutorial misconduct in ex-senator... Source: JURIST - Paper Chase [JURIST] A report [text, PDF] released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] concluded that two of the prosecutors involved in the 2008 trial of former senator Ted Stevens [JURIST news archive] acted recklessly in their management of evidence, leading to a failure to disclose crucial evidence to Stevens's defense team.
05/30/12 Romney's âAmercia' and 7 More Political Gaffes... Source: Gadget Lab Not the sort of problem that Rick Santorum had with Google search results , but with his latest app called With Mitt.
05/25/12 Justice Dept.: Misconduct by2 in Stevens case Source: The Hawk Eye - Burlington IA The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog said Thursday two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against then-Sen. Ted Stevens engaged in reckless professional misconduct by failing to disclose information favorable to the lawmaker, who eight days after his 2008 conviction lost re-election to the seat he held for 40 years.
05/24/12 Lawyers who prosecuted Sen. Stevens suspended Source: USA Today Blogs Two Justice Department trial lawyers involved in the botched corruption prosecution of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens have been suspended without pay for "reckless professional misconduct" in failing disclose critical information to the senator's defense team.

Background on ted stevens

Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history.

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