Within the past hour, the defense rested in the corruption trial against Senator Ted Stevens.  Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow.

The Hill had a report on Stevens' testimony today: 

Sen. Ted Stevens was visibly agitated Monday when pressed to explain how a prominent Alaska oil tycoon could remodel his mountainside home without his knowledge.

It was the Alaska Republican’s third and final day defending himself on the witness stand against charges that he concealed more than $250,000 in gifts and home renovations from Bill Allen, the former head of the Veco Corp. oil services company that stood to benefit from Stevens’s role in Washington.

Stevens sparred with government prosecutor Brenda Morris, who sought to undercut the senator's central defense that he paid $160,000 to a separate contractor and was unaware of other bills that Allen paid. Stevens said Augie Paone of Christensen Builders charged him a fair price and he believed that covered all costs for the renovations.