Published October 25, 2012, 03:49 PM
Friends pay tribute to 'Prairie Populist' McGovern
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Mourners from near and far paused Thursday before the flag-draped coffin of former Sen. George McGovern to pay their respects to the liberal Democrat whose spectacularly failed 1972 bid for president helped reshape his party and who later championed the fight against global hunger.By: BRIAN BAKST,Associated Press KRISTI EATON,Associated Press, Associated Press
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