Ten-part series from Tour of Anchorage champion Holly Brooks.
A key prosecution witness in the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens has told the trial judge that some of his testimony wasn't true and that he suspects prosecutors left him in a room with evidence and grand jury transcripts so he could surreptitiously refresh his memory about 6-year-old events.
Judge calls hearing for flip-flopping Stevens witness
Kin in Croatia claim winning Alaska cousin
ZAGREB, CROATIA -- Mark Begich's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is being celebrated in a Croatian village where his grandfather once lived.
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii: "The responsibility our country has for its indigenous people has been one of the major causes that Ted Stevens has pursued. He has made a huge difference in it, and I want to say that I’ve been delighted working with him in helping our indigenous people in Alaska as well as in Hawaii and around the world."
Stevens bids farewell in speech to Senate
Sen. Ted Stevens ended his four-decade congressional career today, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial nor by the voters in Alaska who declined to return him to Washington for an eighth term.
Stevens concedes election to Begich
Sen. Ted Stevens conceded the election for U.S. Senate to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on Wednesday, bringing an end to his 40 years as the titan of Alaska politics.
Begich topples Stevens in Senate race
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens lost his job to Mark Begich Tuesday, putting an end to the era of "Uncle Ted" as the dominant force in Alaska politics. Begich widened his lead to 3,724 votes in Tuesday's count of absentee and questioned ballots. The lead is insurmountable, as the only votes left to count are approximately 2,500 ballots from overseas.
Assembly wrangles over Begich successor
Alaska Newsreader: Begich took restrained route to Senate
Berkowitz concedes race to Young
PDF: Senate vote district by district
Election results: Races statewide
Alaska Politics blog: Begich on early voters and absentees: "That's the group we worked."
GOP delays vote on Stevens' status
Sen. Ted Stevens' GOP colleagues decided to postpone a vote on whether to keep him in their conference, saying they'll wait until after his Senate race in Alaska is resolved.
Alaska Politics blog: Did AIP candidate thwart Stevens re-election?
GOP hopes voters solve Stevens issue
On what may well be the worst weekend of his professional life, Ted Stevens faces only bleak prospects: maybe losing the U.S. Senate seat he has held for 40 years, and a secret vote by his colleagues on whether to remove him from the Senate's Republican conference.
Begich lead over Stevens grows
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday.
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
More than half the absentee and questioned ballots still to be counted in Alaska's U.S. Senate race come from areas of the state that backed Democrat Mark Begich.
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ELECTION 2008: U.S. SENATE
Begich takes lead in latest vote count
Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.
ELECTION 2008
Most uncounted ballots will be tallied Wednesday
Look for the needle to move on Alaska's landmark U.S. Senate race and other tight contests this week, with the Division of Elections planning to tally more than half the uncounted ballots Wednesday.
Stevens, Begich solicit more donations
Both candidates in the U.S. Senate race are going back to their supporters seeking new donations as their contest goes to post-election overtime and the possibility looms that it will be decided by contested ballots.
Young, Stevens still connect with voters
While a Democratic wave swept the rest of the nation, not even FBI investigations could keep Alaska's Republican congressional delegation from holding leads the day after the election.
U.S. SENATE RACE
Exit polling shows trial wasn't a factor for many
Orthodox wisdom should dictate that voters would flee in droves from an incumbent who had just been convicted of felony crimes. But that would grossly underestimate the affection loyalists have for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Did pork keep Stevens in the race?
Sen. Ted Stevens' reputation for bringing home the bacon may have been the thing that resonated most with Alaska voters in the days leading up to the election.
U.S. SENATE RACE
Stevens leads Begich by thin margin
With tens of thousands of ballots yet to be counted, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens remained barely ahead this morning despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble.
Did pork keep Stevens in the race?
ELECTION 2008: U.S. SENATE
Stevens will appeal to voters in TV ad
Battling to keep the job he's held for 40 years, Republican Sen. Ted Stevens plans to appeal directly to voters in a two-minute commercial on television stations across the state tonight.
Stevens and Begich rally supporters for election
Sen. Ted Stevens, days after a Washington D.C. jury found him guilty of seven felonies, stood in the cold outside a senior center and rejected the possibility that a single Republican supporter in Alaska has turned against him.
Slide show: On the trail with Sen. Stevens
Alaska Politics blog: Begich, Stevens, others attend candidate day at Baptist Temple (with video)
Stevens to air two-minute commercial Monday
Reid: 'A convicted felon is not going to be able to serve in the United States Senate.'
The Alaska Bar Association went to the state Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to suspend Sen. Ted Stevens' law license on an interim basis, pending completion of his appeals.
PHOTOS
Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, brought consumers out in droves.
SLIDE SHOW
About 5,000 people were served turkey and all the fixings during this year's annual Thanksgiving Blessing.
SECTION
A conviction in federal court and a loss in a U.S. Senate race has brought an end to his illustrious political career.
STORY
Barbara Franks lost her son to suicide and two days later, her husband to colon cancer. Now she shares her story and works in suicide prevention.
STORY
As Anchorage expands, rapid growth in Hillside poses unique development challenges.
VIDEO
Steve Montgomery talks about the Single Action Shooting Society during a November event.
VIDEO
Triple D Farm and Hatchery owner Anthony Schmidt talks about the turkeys he's raising for Thanksgiving.
STORY
Charlie Vandergaw is under investigation for spending his summers cohabitating with wild bears.
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