| Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid (AP) [8 mins][Alaska] AP - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a pillar of the U.S. Senate and Alaska icon who apparently couldn't survive his conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats closer to a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority. | Sex customers face new penalties [56 mins] Paying for sex with prostitutes who are controlled by pimps or illegally trafficked to the UK is to be outlawed |