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  • ANALYSIS: South Carolina shows power of journalism Tue, 06/30/2009 - 12:00am

    ATLANTA - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford might have finished out his tenure in office and mounted a stellar campaign for the White House without anyone learning of his extramarital affair, separation from his wife and lies to his staff and colleagues if tenacious newspaper reporters hadn't been on the job.

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  • SC governor's little lie masks a much bigger one Thu, 06/25/2009 - 1:27pm

    ALLEN G. BREED
    AP National Writer

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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'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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  • South Carolina’s governor admits Argentinan affair Wed, 06/24/2009 - 10:51pm

    By JIM DAVENPORT

    Associated Press

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party post, but was silent on whether he would resign.

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  • Tampa supervisor of elections dies in St. Augustine, had been attending conference Tue, 06/23/2009 - 11:36am

    The Hillsborough County supervisor of elections died overnight at a World Golf Village hotel in St. Augustine. Phyllis Busansky was 72 and attending Florida State Association of Supervisor of Elections conference.

    The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the Renaissance Hotel about 9 a.m. today regarding a guest who had not arrived at a scheduled meeting. Hotel staff entered the room and found Busansky unresponsive. There were no signs of foul play, the Sheriff's Office said.

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