Stevens' Lawyers Launch Filings in Corruption Case

WASHINGTON — The team of lawyers shepherding Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens through a gauntlet of federal indictments has papered the U.S. District Court clerk's office with a flurry of filings — most of which are designed to bolster their arguments that the case be dismissed. Stevens has been charged with seven counts of making false statements on his yearly Senate financial disclosure forms in an alleged effort to... [read full story]