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    Oct 21, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90

    <span style="font-size: small;">SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) &mdash; <span style="color: red;">George</span> S. <span style="color: red;">McGovern</span>, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972, died before dawn Sunday. He was 90.</span>
    WALTER R. MEARS,Associated Press
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972,...

    Tags: Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Alcohol Addiction

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Ferdinand Nadherny, executive recruiter, 1926-2013

    Ferdinand Nadherny helped create anti-poverty programs as a member of President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and later started a Chicago office of the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates.
    Ferdinand Nadherny helped create anti-poverty programs as a member of President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and later started a Chicago office of the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates. Mr. Nadherny had a hand in a number of high-...

    Tags: Northwestern University, Poverty, IBM, Human Interest, Lyndon B. Johnson

    3. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. Federal 'sequester' spending cuts could hit local programs hard

    Public school meals won&rsquo;t be affected by the federal spending cuts known as sequestration, but several local agencies that depend on federal funding are awaiting word on how the gridlock between President Obama and Congress will affect local services they provide, officials said Monday.
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    Public school meals won’t be affected by the federal spending cuts known as sequestration, but several local agencies that depend on federal funding are awaiting word on how the gridlock between President Obama and Congress will affect local...

    Tags: Physical Conditions, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Head Start, U.S. Congress

    4. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. CIA deception threatens global effort to eradicate polio

    The news that the Central Intelligence Agency had been running a fake vaccination program in Pakistan first surfaced in 2011 and quickly ignited fears that the covert operation could compromise the global campaign to eradicate polio. Late last month, a handful of vaccine workers, including a teenage girl, paid the price for the CIA's deceit: They were gunned down as they tried to give the polio vaccine to children living in the Pakistani city of Karachi and other areas.
    The news that the Central Intelligence Agency had been running a fake vaccination program in Pakistan first surfaced in 2011 and quickly ignited fears that the covert operation could compromise the global campaign to eradicate polio. Late last month, a...

    Tags: Vaccines, Osama bin Laden, Politics, Karachi (Pakistan), Communicable Diseases

    5. Sep 4, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. O'Malley sharply critical of GOP at convention

    Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley offered pointed criticism of Republicans in an address to the Democratic convention on Tuesday, arguing that President Barack Obama is best suited to right the U.S. economy while GOP nominee Mitt Romney's policies would only move the nation backward.
    Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley offered pointed criticism of Republicans in an address to the Democratic convention on Tuesday, arguing that President Barack Obama is best suited to right the U.S. economy while GOP nominee Mitt Romney's policies would...

    Tags: Martin O'Malley, Republican Party, Andrew P Harris, War of 1812, Politics

    6. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  6. New Term, Familiar Challenges for Barack Obama

    Washington -- Democrats are collecting spoils beyond what many predicted, Republicans are licking wounds after a bruising battle, and the country is waking up to the mix of euphoric celebration and bitter disappointment that accompanies the long-awaited end of the election.
    CNN
    Washington -- Democrats are collecting spoils beyond what many predicted, Republicans are licking wounds after a bruising battle, and the country is waking up to the mix of euphoric celebration and bitter disappointment that accompanies the long-awaited...

    Tags: Media Industry, Religion and Belief, Politics, Florida Elections, U.S. Elections

    7. Nov 6, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  7. McGovern facilitated 'culture of death'

     George McGovern was a courageous pilot and a lifelong public servant who accomplished much good in his life. Tom Daschle's statement at his memorial service that McGovern was "the most effective preacher of the Gospel he had ever met," however, convinces...

    Tags: Abortion, Tom Daschle, Social Issues, Democratic Party

    8. Oct 26, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. The resilience of George McGovern

    Inevitably, in all the tributes to former Sen. George McGovern upon his death at 90, his landslide defeat in the 1972 presidential election at the hands of Richard Nixon shared top billing with his fights against America's misguided wars in Vietnam and Iraq.
    Inevitably, in all the tributes to former Sen. George McGovern upon his death at 90, his landslide defeat in the 1972 presidential election at the hands of Richard Nixon shared top billing with his fights against America's misguided wars in Vietnam and...

    Tags: Richard Nixon, Scranton, Politics, Democratic Party, Wars and Interventions

    9. Oct 22, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  9. Former Sen. and Presidential Hopeful George McGovern Dies

    SIOUX FALLS, SD -- He was an outspoken critic of one war, but a hero in another. He was a leading Democrat who came from Republican roots. He was a politician who cared more about being on the right side of an issue than on the popular side.
    CNN
    SIOUX FALLS, SD -- He was an outspoken critic of one war, but a hero in another. He was a leading Democrat who came from Republican roots. He was a politician who cared more about being on the right side of an issue than on the popular side. George...

    Tags: Richard Nixon, Human Rights, Bill Richardson, Politics, Democratic Party

    10. Oct 21, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. McGovern dies

     EDITOR’S NOTE — Walter R. Mears, who reported on government and politics for The Associated Press in Washington for 40 years, covered George McGovern in the Senate and in his 1972 presidential campaign.   By WALTER MEARS  CHAPEL HILL, N.C....

    Tags: Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, The Pentagon

    11. Oct 21, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  11. Former SD Sen. and 1972 Presidential candidate George McGovern dies

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) &mdash; George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way &mdash; and that he had done so.
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock...

    Tags: Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Alcohol Addiction

    12. Jul 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The Sunday Conversation: Mark K. Shriver honors his father

    Mark K. Shriver, a brother of former California First Lady Maria Shriver, explores his relationship with their father in his new book, "A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver." Shriver, George McGovern's Democratic vice presidential running mate in 1972, was married to Eunice Kennedy and served in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, where he launched the Peace Corps and Head Start. He died 1 1/2 years ago at age 95. His son, 48, lives in Maryland.
    Mark K. Shriver, a brother of former California First Lady Maria Shriver, explores his relationship with their father in his new book, "A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver." Shriver, George McGovern's Democratic vice presidential...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Elections, Maria Shriver

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The casket of Sargent Shriver is carried into Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for a funeral Mass on Saturday, led by his son, Anthony Shriver, right, and son-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger. His daughter, Maria Shriver, is at left.
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