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Martha Stewart said on Friday that she has adjusted to prison life and is keeping busy behind bars since reporting a week ago to a federal penal camp in West Virginia, where she is serving a five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale. The celebrity homemaker said she was touched by the outpouring of support she has received from millions of people who have visited her Web site, according to a letter posted by Stewart on marthatalks.com. Stewart, who reported to Alderson Federal Prison Camp before sunrise on Oct. 8, said life at the camp held few surprises. "The...

<p>Stewart witness says she may have thought statement she attributed to Martha.</p> <p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Martha Stewart's lawyers Friday got a prosecution witness to cast doubt on a damaging statement she had attributed to Stewart in her testimony only a day before in the federal case revolving around Stewart's sale of ImClone stock.</p>

The Associated PressTuesday, June 3, 2003; 8:28 AM NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors are seeking a criminal indictment against Martha Stewart "in the near future," her media company said Tuesday.Stewart has been under investigation on suspicion of insider trading involving shares she sold of biotech company ImClone Systems Inc. in December 2001.The statement from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. said Stewart's attorneys told the company that Stewart is the target of a criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and that a civil complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission also is expected.The...