Today is the last day of testimony from the defense.  It looks like both Senator and Mrs. Stevens will be taking the stand.   That could change, of course.  We'll continue to monitor the action:

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens appears poised to take the bold step of testifying in his own defense at his corruption trial.

The senator's lawyers have told the judge they expect him to take the stand as the final defense witness as early as Thursday afternoon, saying their examination would take about two hours. His wife, Catherine, would testify before him, they said.

Stevens, 84, is charged with lying on Senate financial disclosure forms about more than $250,000 in home improvements and other gifts from his friend Bill Allen, the former chief of oil services company VECO Corp. Defense attorneys say Catherine Stevens paid every bill received by the couple for the extensive renovation on their Alaska cabin — $160,000 in all — and Allen kept Stevens in the dark about the extent of the work and its cost.

Legal experts say taking the stand could be treacherous for Stevens and cautioned that the longtime Republican legislator and former prosecutor still could back out at the last minute.