Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) pleaded not guilty yesterday to federal charges of making false statements about more than $250,000 in renovations to his Anchorage-area home and was granted an unusually early trial date after requesting the chance to win acquittal before this fall's election. -
Alaska's Stevens Pleads Not Guilty
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) pleaded not guilty yesterday to federal charges of making false statements about more than $250,000 in renovations to his Anchorage-area home and was granted an unusually early trial date after requesting the chance to win acquittal before this fall's election.-
By Del Quentin Wilber