By Wednesday afternoon, 15 days after the midterm elections, it was clear from a count of write-in ballots in Juneau, the state capital, that Ms. Murkowski had enough of a lead over her opponent, Joe Miller, that Mr. Miller would not be able to catch up.
He was cleared of one count of rape at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.
His friend, Anthony Davis, 26, a property developer, was also cleared of one count of raping the girl, who was 19 at the time of the incident.
William Harper, 65, from Stretford was cleared of one count of attempted rape.
Ryan Roth was cleared of one count of murder, one count of attempted murder and four counts of robbery.
In June, that court cleared her of one count of breaching the Constitution in ignoring the legal advice of the attorney general.
Edwards, 58, walked free from a North Carolina court on Thursday after a jury cleared him of one count of breaching campaign finance laws by accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a wealthy supporter, Rachel Bunnyy" Mellon, to cover up his infidelity, and pronounced itself deadlocked on five other charges.
Francis was cleared of a single count of perverting the course of justice.
The panel also said he perjured himself in an affidavit to the High Court, but it cleared him of one count of obstructing justice related to another diary used in the libel case.
