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07.20.2009 10:31 pm

Sanford writes op-ed article to apologize again

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford — apparently deeming his earlier explanations and apologies  inadequate — has reached out to constituents once again with a guest column that appeared Sunday in The State and other newspapers in the state. Here’s…

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06.25.2009 10:42 am

S.C. newspaper got tip about Gov. Sanford’s affair 6 months ago

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The State

The State

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to having an affair hours after Gina Smith, a reporter for The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., contronted him at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

But The State reports that it first heard of the possible affair…

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12.12.2008 11:20 am

Politicians from corrupt states are very dirty or very clean, writer says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Politicians from states with rich histories of corruption tend to either be very corrupt themselves or just the opposite, an article on Newsweek.com argues.

Michael Hirsh, Newsweek.com’s Washington Web Editor, speculates on Barack Obama’s legacy — in the wake of the Blagojevich…

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12.10.2008 11:54 am

Will Blagojevich scandal taint Obama?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a seven-word refer on this morning’s front page — “For Obama, a distraction, but no danger” — to a story by Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht that ran at the bottom of Page A4 under that…

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12.10.2008 10:44 am

Blagojevich arrest is huge news across the nation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Political scandals tend to garner more news coverage and get bigger display when they are close to home. This morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch devoted almost the entire front page to coverage of the accusations against Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich.…

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