We've all heard of dirty cops planting evidence on innocent people. Maybe they slip a bag of cocaine into someone's pocket, or plant a murder weapon in someone's car.

That's pretty much what happened to Senator "Uncle" Ted Stevens (R-AK), except instead of drugs or guns, someone planted a $29,000 statue of a fish on him.

How else could Stevens end up with the statue, which was theoretically a gift given to him by the Kenai Sportfishing Association (a lobbying group)? After all, he didn't report it on his financial disclosure, so he couldn't have possibly knowingly received it.

Unless, of course, he's a filthy criminal.

(As an aside, who the hell bribes a Senator with a statue of a fish? If you're going to blow $29,000, you should be getting hookers, or at least some nice cigars. Well, I guess that at age 84, Stevens doesn't really go for those sorts of things anymore. But hey, that money could get you 2,089 jars of Metamucil!)