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Deliberations in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens are set to resume Monday with an alternate juror after the court lost touch with a panelist whose father died.

Court officials have been unable to contact juror No. 4, a paralegal in her 40s, who told a U.S. marshal that she had to leave the state for a family emergency after the jury was dismissed Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan dismissed the jury Friday morning after the woman left for California, hoping to resume with her on the panel as soon as possible. Since then, court officials have made several unsuccessful attempts to reach the woman, and it was unclear whether she will return to Washington, the judge said. Read full article »

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