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STATE The Associated Press WASHINGTON - "Uncle Ted" Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swan song address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday. He was saluted by his colleagues as a staunch friend and teacher.

Stevens caps 40 years with last speech

<B>A senator's swan song:</B> Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, talks to reporters after speaking on the Senate floor for possibly the last time Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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A senator's swan song: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, talks to reporters after speaking on the Senate floor for possibly the last time Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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