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US Sen. Jim DeMint was in Myrtle Beach Friday to sign copies of his new book at the Barnes and Noble at Market Common.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC residents mixed over fate of cheating governor</title>
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After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should leave office.           ]]></description>
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          <title>&#8216;We&#8217;ve had worse&#8217;: Sanford&#8217;s indiscretions not S.C.&#8216;s first</title>
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The sexual scandal surrounding Gov. Mark Sanford is not the worst in the state&#8217;s history, says a veteran Winthrop University history professor. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had worse,&#8221; according to history professor Dr. Eddie Lee. &#8220;Admitting to adultery or having one, two, three or more mistresses in 2009 can ruin a political career. And that has happened before.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sanford plans to spend holiday weekend with family in Florida</title>
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A spokesman says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will head to Florida to spend the holiday weekend with his family.
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          <title>Horry County Republican Party responds to Governor Mard Sanford recent affair</title>
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The Horry County Republican Party issued a written statement concerning Governor Mark Sanford extramarital affair.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC 1st lady says she may forgive husband&#8217;s affair</title>
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The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman &#8220;inexcusable&#8221; but said Thursday she is willing to forgive him.           ]]></description>
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          <title>McMaster Response To SLED Announcement</title>
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This office will review SLED&#8217;s official report when it is received. I see no reason to doubt SLED&#8217;s conclusions, their professionalism, or objectivity.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor issues travel document statement</title>
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We&#8217;re pleased that SLED has concluded its review, which confirms what we&#8217;ve said from day one * no public money was used in relation to the governor&#8217;s admitted marital infidelity. This issue is behind us once and for al           ]]></description>
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          <title>Statement from First Lady Jenny Sanford</title>
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The last week has been very painful for me, my family and for the people of South Carolina.&nbsp; However, throughout this terrible ordeal, the incredible outpouring of kindness, support, and prayer I&#8217;ve received from countless friends and folks I have never even met has been truly uplifting.            ]]></description>
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A spokesman says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will head to Florida to spend the holiday weekend with his family.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SLED clears Sanford on charges he used state funds to visit mistress</title>
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 COLUMBIA &#8212; A State Law Enforcement Division examination into Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s travel expenses during trips in which he rendezvoused with his mistress found no improper use of public funds.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Publisher releases SC gov from book contract</title>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s deal to write a book on fiscal conservatism has been terminated amid revelations about his affair with a woman from Argentina. Publisher Adrian Zackheim said Thursday that Sentinel had agreed to release Sanford from his contract.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina&#8217;s top cop is ready to say whether Gov. Mark Sanford broke state laws to visit his Argentine mistress.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chesterfield GOP official calls for Sanford&#8217;s resignation</title>
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As the situation involving Governor Sanford these past weeks continues to unfold, I am saddened to see confidence and trust in the governor decline.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>If Bauer moves up, who takes his place?</title>
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If Gov. Mark Sanford were to resign, it would affect the man many feel is actually the most powerful official in state government: Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford is drawing support for the way she has reacted to her husband&#8217;s admitted affair.           ]]></description>
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          <title>For born&#45;again governor, love is a matter of faith</title>
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In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love. It is patient and kind, he wrote. It is NOT jealous or boastful.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC governor silent as clamor grows for resignation</title>
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After days of soul-baring and often odd confessions and apologies about an adulterous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford went silent as the clamor for his resignation grew.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sanford works out of mansion amid calls from some legislators to step down</title>
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Gov. Mark Sanford went silent and worked out of the governor&#8217;s mansion for much of Wednesday despite calls from some of his party&#8217;s top leaders to step down.           ]]></description>
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          <title>AP: Most GOP state senators want Sanford out</title>
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The majority of South Carolina&#8217;s state Senate Republicans are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to leave office.           ]]></description>
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At least six South Carolina newspapers say Gov. Mark Sanford should resign because of revelations about his affair with a woman in Argentina.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Americans not explicit when defining what sex is</title>
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We talk about sex. A lot. But all too often we don&#8217;t know exactly what we&#8217;re talking about. What&#8217;s considered getting to third base these days anyway?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Leatherman joins growing GOP chorus calling for Sanford to quit</title>
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Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman joined five other Republican State Senators released a statement Tuesday calling on Governor Mark Sanford to resign.
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          <title>Andre Bauer  speaks about Sanford situation</title>
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Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer speaks about Governor Sanford&#8217;s affair and disappearances.            ]]></description>
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          <title>A look at SC governor&#8217;s meetings with mistress</title>
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A timeline of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s meetings with his Argentine mistress, Maria Belen Chapur.           ]]></description>
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          <title>AG asks SLED to investigate governor</title>
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)&#8212;Attorney General Henry McMaster says he has requested that the State Law Enforcement Division investigate Gov. Mark Sanford after revelations involving his extramarital affair.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC gov &#8216;crossed lines&#8217; with women</title>
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)&#8212;South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he &#8220;crossed lines&#8221; with a handful of women other than his mistress - but never had sex with them.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor Sanford explains why he won&#8217;t resign</title>
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Gov. Mark Sanford opened Monday&#8217;s meeting of the state Budget and Control Board by saying that John Rainey, a businessman who first approached Sanford about eight years ago and encouraged him to run for governor, had dinner with the Sanfords Sunday night and said, &#8220;I got it. You&#8217;ve apologized. You need to get on with governance.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s mother tells The Associated Press she is praying for her son. Speaking Saturday at her Beaufort home, 83-year-old Margaret Sanford expressed love and support for the governor who this week admitted having an affair with a woman in Argentina.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Unlike Sanford, most governors easy to find</title>
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry was raising money at campaign headquarters when an Associated Press reporter called his press staff to ask what he was doing. An hour later, he walked into AP&#8217;s statehouse bureau to show he was alive and well and not, say, in South America for a romantic rendezvous.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC governor&#8217;s Argentina trip raises questions</title>
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The details of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s secretive trips to visit his lover in South America aren&#8217;t just headline fodder or political kryptonite.           ]]></description>
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When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared, his wife hoped he was really hiking on the Appalachian Trail as his staff had claimed. Like the rest of America, she was stunned to find out he had dared to go to Argentina to see his mistress, a trip she told him not to take.           ]]></description>
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The governor was back at the capitol today apologizing to his cabinet. He also did not resign but told us later he would spead the wekend soul searching on the matter.            ]]></description>
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Attorney General calls on all sides to &#8220;resist&#8221; using law enforcement and legal system for political purposes.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:17:16 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Googling for Argentine lover trumps Jacko, Farrah</title>
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Her name was drawing more Google searches than Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett the morning after they died. Her picture was plastered across Friday&#8217;s front pages. An eight-year-old video from her brief career as a television producer ran over and over. But is she really the mystery lover of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:52:59 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10601497</link>
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating Governor Mark Sanford&#8217;s 2008 trip to Argentina, during which he began an extramarital affair with a Buenos Aires woman.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:29:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lt. Governor Bauer issues statement on Sanford scandal</title>
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Lieutenant Governor says he will not take sides in the debate over whether or not Governor Mark Sanford should step down in the wake of his admission of having secretly left the country to see his mistress.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:04:38 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/lt._governor_bauer_issues_statement_on_sanford_scandal/60411/#When:19:04:38Z</guid>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is telling his state agency chiefs that he&#8217;s sorry for keeping them in the dark when he went to Argentina to see his mistress. The Republican on Friday held his typical public meeting with the agency chiefs, but started with apologies and likening his confession and future to the biblical plight of King David.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:04 EDT</pubDate>
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South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she discovered her husband&#8217;s affair in January when she found a letter to the governor from his mistress.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:48:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Agency: SC gov sought more time in Argentina</title>
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State officials say South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford asked for extra economic development meetings in Argentina during a trip that brought him to Buenos Aires, where his mistress lived.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:46:25 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Man who would replace Sanford not calling for his resignation</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/man_who_would_replace_sanford_says_governor_should_stay/60297/</link>
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The man who would replace South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford if he resigned over his affair with a woman in Argentina is not joining Republican calls for the governor to resign.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:39:22 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/man_who_would_replace_sanford_says_governor_should_stay/60297/#When:14:39:22Z</guid>
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          <title>In Argentina, media pursue Sanford&#8217;s mystery woman</title>
          <link>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/801031.html</link>
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TV camera operators and photographers camped Thursday outside the apartment building where the woman linked to S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford lives.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:03:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Jenny Sanford not standing by her man</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/jenny_sanford_not_standing_by_her_man/60292/</link>
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Jenny Sanford did not stand by her man. To those accustomed to watching betrayed first ladies smile stiffly through their husbands&#8217; public confessions, the absence of Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s wife at the soul-baring news conference where he admitted to an affair with a woman in Argentina was striking.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sanford plans 1st public meeting Friday since affair revealed</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sanford_plans_1st_public_meeting_friday_since_affair_revealed/60293/</link>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has scheduled a special meeting, which will be his first planned appearance since going public with his extramarital affair.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:57:15 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sanford_plans_1st_public_meeting_friday_since_affair_revealed/60293/#When:00:57:15Z</guid>
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          <title>Sanford and family in Sullivan&#8217;s Island</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sanford_and_family_in_sullivans_island/60161/</link>
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The media is still in Columbia, but the governor is not.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:45:14 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Gov. Sanford issues statement on commerce trip</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/gov._sanford_issues_statement_on_commerce_trip/60121/</link>
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Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Airport video shows SC gov leaving</title>
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Security videos obtained by The Associated Press show Gov. Mark Sanford wheeling a small suitcase though a South Carolina airport the day he dropped off the map to see his mistress in Argentina.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:11:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sanford&#8217;s little lie masks a much bigger one</title>
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Six bronze stars punctuate the smooth granite walls of the copper-domed State House. Each marks a scar left by the cannons of invading Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman&#8217;s bombardment of the capital in the final months of the Civil War. By last Thursday, Gov. Mark Sanford was feeling much like the building in which he had held sway for the past seven years - battered and bruised.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:55:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>SC governor&#8217;s career launched by wife he betrayed</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sc_governors_career_launched_by_wife_he_betrayed/60042/</link>
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When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford cheated on his wife, he also betrayed his top political adviser. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:12 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Analysis: Why do politicians cheat?</title>
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What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power - the ones on pedestals - think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging than in the past?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:57:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Late&#45;night hosts have field day with Mark Sanford</title>
          <link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24191.html</link>
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After suffering through an excruciating press conference Wednesday, Mark Sanford got no reprieve from late-night comics who had a field day with news of the governor&#8217;s affair. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:55:13 EDT</pubDate>
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Virginia&#8217;s well-traveled governor, Tim Kaine, says leaving home without your security detail, as South Carolina&#8217;s governor did, is unthinkable for a chief executive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:50:46 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Some Mark Sanford trips were taxpayer&#45;paid</title>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has taken at least three taxpayer-paid trips to Argentina, however, it&#8217;s unclear whether he met his girlfriend during any of them. 

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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:30:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>OPINION: Winners, losers in Sanford saga</title>
          <link>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye&#45;on&#45;2012/morning&#45;fix&#45;scoring&#45;the&#45;sanfor.html?wprss=thefix</link>
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The decline and fall of Gov. Mark Sanford over the past 72 hours is one of the most painful&#8212;yet strangely compelling&#8212;events of in recent political history.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:25:58 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Former chief of staff says next few days key for Sanford</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/former_chief_of_staff_says_next_few_days_key_for_sanford/60014/</link>
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The former chief of staff for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he was completely surprised by his friend&#8217;s confession to having an affair and the next few days will be key to show whether his apology is sincere.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:06 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/former_chief_of_staff_says_next_few_days_key_for_sanford/60014/#When:13:00:06Z</guid>
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          <title>Darlington County lawmakers react to Sanford news</title>
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Two state lawmakers from Darlington County said whatever effectiveness Mark Sanford had as governor of South Carolina is gone after the governor&#8217;s revelation that he has been having an affair with a woman he visited on his recent secret visit to Argentina.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:05:24 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Emails released between Sanford and mistress</title>
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Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s personal e-mail account and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Sanford tells of affair in press conference</title>
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The governor said he was here to lay out the whole story and he said it&#8217;s gonna hurt. Then with tears in his eyes he told the real reason for his secretive trip to Argentina.            ]]></description>
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          <title>VIDEO: SC Gov. Mark Sanford admits he&#8217;s had an affair</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sc_gov._mark_sanford_admits_hes_had_an_affair/59861/</link>
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)&#8212;After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he&#8217;d secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he&#8217;d been having an affair. He apologized to his wife and four sons and said he will resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:53:29 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/sc_gov._mark_sanford_admits_hes_had_an_affair/59861/#When:20:53:29Z</guid>
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          <title>Statement from First Lady Jenny Sanford</title>
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&#8220;I would like to start by saying I love my husband and I believe I have put forth every effort possible to be the best wife I can be during our almost twenty years of marriage&#8230;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gubernatorial&#45;hopeful, Rep. Nikki Haley responds to Sanford&#8217;s press conference</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/gubernatorial-hopeful_rep._nikki_haley_responds_to_sanfords_press_conferenc/59859/</link>
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Representative Nikki Haley (R-Lexington) released the following statement regarding Governor Sanford&#8217;s press conference.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:40:15 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Leatherman issues statement on Sanford</title>
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Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, issues a formal statement in regards to Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s press conference on Wednesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:38:27 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Democratic Party Chair reacts to Sanford adultery admission</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/democratic_party_chair_reacts_to_sanford_adultery_admission/59855/</link>
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South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler says questions will be raised about Sanford&#8217;s &#8220;effectiveness as our state&#8217;s governor.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:23:42 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/democratic_party_chair_reacts_to_sanford_adultery_admission/59855/#When:20:23:42Z</guid>
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          <title>SC House Speaker calls for changes in wake of Sanford scandal</title>
          <link>http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/speaker_harrell_calls_for_reform_in_wake_of_sanford_scandal/59854/</link>
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House Speaker Bobby Harrell says governor allowed his staff to &#8220;deceive the press and the people of South Carolina.&#8220;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:16:58 EDT</pubDate>
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First District Congressman Henry Brown says his &#8220;heartfelt thoughts&#8221; are with the Sanford family.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was with his family Thursday as legal and ethical questions swirled over his secret trip to see a woman in Argentina with whom he admitted an affair.           ]]></description>
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Within the next two weeks, South Carolina public schools will receive $184 million in federal stimulus money that Superintendent of Education Jim Rex said will save jobs.            ]]></description>
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In his first major test of international leadership, President Barack Obama is struggling for the right response to Iran&#8217;s postelection upheaval as political opponents at home accuse him of inaction.
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To the victor goes the Alaskan king salmon - and a little good-natured trash talk.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Beverly Perdue says as much as $1.5 billion in new taxes are needed next year to protect public education and other services, lawmakers confirmed Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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The former head of the Brunswick County Republican Party is moving to the North Carolina House.
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North Carolina&#8217;s new Republican Party head says Democrats should postpone a fundraiser next week until after a state budget is approved or they should consider the contributions tainted.           ]]></description>
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The state Board of Economic Advisors says South Carolina will come out of the recession slowly and unemployment could hit 15 percent. But state lawmakers are assuming that, once the federal stimulus money is gone in two years, the state economy will have turned around and state revenues will be up.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s concerns about 10 new laws were summarily dismissed Tuesday when the Legislature breezed through a special one-day session to overturn his vetoes, including one that will put new regulations on the payday lending industry.           ]]></description>
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Former S.C. schools superintendent Inez Tenenbaum, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is answering questions before a Senate panel this morning.           ]]></description>
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Legislators return Tuesday to take up 10 vetoes from the stack of bills they left Gov. Mark Sanford before going home early in May.           ]]></description>
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Paul Bolen spoke of revival Friday night when he opened the Dorchester County Republican Party&#8217;s fundraiser and gubernatorial stump meeting with an invocation.           ]]></description>
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Dr. Joe Griffin of Advanced Dental Center in Florence, has been elected chairman of the Florence County Republican Party. Glynn Willis, past chairman of the Florence County Planning Commission, also was elected as the group&#8217;s first vice chairman.           ]]></description>
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State Rep. Nikki Haley, R- Lexington, will bring her campaign for the Republican nomination for governor to Hartsville on Monday.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford requested stimulus cash for the state&#8217;s schools Monday, telling the U.S. education secretary he&#8217;s doing so under duress and the $700 million in bailout money will create more problems.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is expected to clear the way for the state to get $700 million in federal stimulus cash intended to help the state&#8217;s schools.
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There will be no shrimp and grits for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. She owes South Carolina&#8217;s Mark Sanford some king salmon from her home state.
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South Carolina state Sen. David Thomas is joining a crowded field of Republican challengers looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis.
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South Carolina&#8217;s high court has ordered Republican Gov. Mark Sanford to request $700 million in federal stimulus money, which would head primarily to cash-strapped schools over the next two years.           ]]></description>
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State Supreme Court justices Wednesday picked away at arguments made by Gov. Mark Sanford in his legal fight to reject $700 million in federal stimulus funds, mainly for schools.
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NC State Rep. Bonner L. Stiller, R-Brunswick, announced Tuesday he plans step down from the N.C. General Assembly on June 15, according to an official with his office and other state representatives.           ]]></description>
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Georgetown Mayor Lynn Wood Wilson and three members of City Council will be on the Democratic Primary ballot Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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South Carolina&#8217;s governor says the state Supreme Court&#8217;s dependence on the legislature puts it in a tough spot as it hears arguments in his effort to block federal stimulus cash for schools.
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Sure, they&#8217;re great for publicity. But cities have found that hosting the GOP or the Democrats can often cost more than either gathering would gain.
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicts his fight to block federal money for schools is coming to an end and says he won&#8217;t appeal court decisions on the issue.
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A federal judge on Monday ordered that two lawsuits aimed at forcing Gov. Mark Sanford to accept $700 million in federal stimulus money be returned to the South Carolina Supreme Court.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is on the committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s Supreme Court nomination, says her early life of hardship is praiseworthy. But it doesn&#8217;t make her better than he or other white men.           ]]></description>
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An academic center that was to be run by former first lady Mary Easley has been put on hold by North Carolina State University because of budget problems.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint said Tuesday that some writings by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor raise serious questions about her approach to the Constitution and the role of the federal judiciary.           ]]></description>
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Edward Nixon, brother of President Richard Nixon, will speak about his new book, The Nixons: A Family Portrait, at a coffee on Thursday, May 28th at 10 am sponsored by the Waccamaw Neck Republican Club at Applewood&#8217;s House of Pancakes in Litchfield.           ]]></description>
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Former North Carolina first lady Mary Easley will not resign from her job at North Carolina State University, her attorney said Thursday, defying advice of university superiors that she step aside from the $170,000-a-year position.           ]]></description>
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First, South Carolina&#8217;s governor refused to accept federal stimulus money for his state&#8217;s struggling schools. Then the Republican vetoed a state budget that required him to take it. This week, Gov. Mark Sanford sued his own state&#8217;s elected officials in federal court, arguing the government can&#8217;t tell him what to do.
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The chief executive of Craigslist filed a federal lawsuit this week against South Carolina&#8217;s attorney general, claiming the prosecutor&#8217;s threat to file prostitution charges against the company violates its executives&#8217; constitutional rights.           ]]></description>
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Governor Sanford files lawsuit over veto overrides.           ]]></description>
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