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Colin Powell calls Sen. Stevens' word 'sterling'

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday praised Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' sense of honor at his trial on corruption charges, calling his reputation for honesty and integrity "sterling" in the quarter-century they've known each other. "As we say in the infantry, this is a guy you take on a long patrol," said the retired four-star Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Economy is overriding issue in governors' races

In his bid to become the next governor of Missouri, Rep. Kenny Hulshof survived a bitter primary that at one point saw the candidates bashing each other for supporting public funding for drugs such as Viagra.

Stevens seeks Hatch as character witness

Sen. Ted Stevens wants Senate colleague Orrin Hatch to put in a good word for him at his corruption trial.

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