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Jenny Sanford files for divorce

Dec. 11, 2009
S.C.'s first lady will end her marriage to Gov. Mark Sanford six months after he admits to an affair.
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Would not play dutiful wife, Sanford says

COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Jenny Sanford would not have stood by her husband's side as the South Carolina governor publicly admitted to having an affair -- even if asked to, she said.

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COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The wife of embattled South Carolina chief executive Mark Sanford was on hand for the official opening of the governor's mansion to holiday visitors.

Sanford's wife wants to trademark her name

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Jenny Sanford, whose husband, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, admitted to an affair in June, has filed an application to trademark her name, documents show.
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Jenny Sanford: Husband has 'issues'

COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has "issues" he needs to work on to save his marriage, his estranged wife told Vogue magazine.

Sanford says he is through with politics

COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told a business group Wednesday his priority now is to restructure state government for those who will follow him.
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Sanford takes stressed family to England

LONDON, July 23 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife and children arrived in London Thursday for a two-week vacation, a Sanford spokesman said.
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Sanford away again, this time with wife

COLUMBIA, S.C., July 15 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is out of the office again, and this time his staff says he is with his wife.

Spokesman: Sanford considered quitting

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 28 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford decided to serve out his term after considering resigning, his spokesman told ABC News.

S.C. gov turned away from polling place

SULLIVAN ISLAND, S.C., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Even governors need a voter registration card -- and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford found that out the hard way Tuesday.

Sanford S. Carolina''s 115th governor

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Mark Sanford Jr. became South Carolina''s 115th governor Wednesday, giving the GOP a solid hold on the state''s government. Sanford said his first order of business will be dealing with a $1 billion budget hole.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch