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Sanford e-mail to mistress: Affair 'impossible'

Jun. 24, 2009
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told the woman with whom he was having an affair that they were "in a hopelessly impossible situation of love." According to The State newspaper, Sanford e-mailed the comments last July to a Buenos Aires, Argentina, woman named "Maria." At the...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler