COLUMBIA, S.C., June 24 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday he went to Argentina during Father's Day weekend to visit a woman with whom he had been having an affair.

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 22 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who had been out of contact with state officials for four days, was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, aides said Monday.

COLUMBIA, S.C., May 22 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has filed a federal lawsuit against state lawmakers, saying he cannot be forced to use federal stimulus money.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will meet a deadline for requesting U.S. aid under an economic stimulus bill, aides said.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Friday he will reject $700 million in stimulus funding because U.S. officials won't let him use it to pay down state debt.

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, says Saturday's GOP primary is a horse race that will go down to the wire.

CHICAGO, April 12 (UPI) -- U.S. writing-products maker Sanford LP has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to erase a 52-year-old agreement that keeps it from selling pencils worldwide. The lawsuit by the $2 billion Oak Brook, Ill., division of Newell Rubbermaid Co. alleges Swiss competi

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.

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he believes intelligent design should be taught in his state's public school classrooms.

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.