Alaska Gives Hero’s Welcome For Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens

Two days after being convicted of seven felony counts in Washington, DC for receiving and lying about $250,000 in gifts from an oil services company, Senator Ted Stevens returned to a hero’s welcome in Anchorage by several hundred supporters. (NYT) Despite calls for his resignation by both presidential candidates and leaders in both parties, Stevens pledged to begin a six-day sprint for a seventh Senate election, saying he will be vindicated on appeal.