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Friends, family pay tribute to late-Sen. McGovern

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Sioux Falls, S.D. is welcoming political figures, family and friends in town Thursday to mark the life and career of former Democratic U.S. senator and three-time presidential candidate George McGovern, a legend in state's political history who died Oct. 21 at age 90.

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Friends, family and former colleagues paused before the flag-draped casket of former U.S. Sen. George McGovern on Thursday to pay tribute to the liberal Democrat who ran for president against Richard Nixon and lost and who later became a champion in the fight against global hunger.

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