Sen. Stevens' wife testifies on his behalf The wife of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens testified in his defense at his corruption trial on Thursday and said she had been in charge of their Alaska home renovations because the Republican lawmaker was too busy. Stevens is accused of lying on his financial disclosure forms to conceal more than $250,000 in renovations on the couple's home and other gifts from Alaska oil services firm VECO Corp and its former chief executive, Bill Allen. Catherine Stevens told jurors that she sent a number of checks to the general contractor and others for various aspects of the remodeling of the couple's cabin in the ski-resort town of Girdwood, near Anchorage. Mrs. Stevens said she believed the couple had been billed for and had paid for all of the work on the chalet. She said she thought that work done by two VECO employees had been covered by bills sent by the general contractor....