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S.C. governor faces 37 ethics violations

Nov. 24, 2009
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was hit Monday with formal charges of 37 ethics violations, further imperiling the career of a man once eyed as a Republican presidential contender who now fights for mere political survival in his home state. The litany of ethics charges - spending campaign...
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Sanford faces 37 ethics charges

Sanford faces 37 ethics charges

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges on 37 counts of using his office for personal financial gain, the state ethics commission said Monday.

Impeachment efforts to start for Sanford

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The chairman of the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee says preliminary impeachment procedures will begin soon against Gov. Mark Sanford.
Sanford ethics panel cites probable cause

Sanford ethics panel cites probable cause

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A South Carolina state ethics panel said Wednesday there's probable cause for several charges against embattled Gov. Mark Sanford.
Judge: Sanford delaying ethics probe

Judge: Sanford delaying ethics probe

COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- South Carolina's chief supreme court justice says she believes Gov. Mark Sanford is trying to delay an ethics panel investigation of his activities.
S.C. high court to hear Sanford case

S.C. high court to hear Sanford case

COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Arguments on whether South Carolina legislators should get initial findings of an ethics investigation of Gov. Mark Sanford will be heard soon, a court ruled.

S.C. gov asks court to keep probe secret

COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford asked the state Supreme Court to keep an ethics report away from state lawmakers, who could remove him from office.
S.C. Speaker urges Sanford to resign

S.C. Speaker urges Sanford to resign

COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell Tuesday publicly urged Republican Gov. Mark Sanford to resign "for the good of our state."

Sanford to make ethics charges public

COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, embroiled in a sex and ethics scandal, said Friday he would let the public in on the ethics charges against him.

Sanford faces ethics probe

COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The South Carolina attorney general asked the state ethics commission Thursday to investigate Gov. Mark Sanford's use of state airplanes.

Ethics committee debates Traficant

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler