Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter to his spiritual adviser that "public humiliation" would follow revelations of his shattered marriage. In a letter to Warren "Cubby" Culbertson, who at the time ...

The spokesman for South Carolina's philandering governor plans to leave his state job, the first high-profile departure since the scandal over Mark Sanford's international dalliance broke. Communications director Joel Sawyer said Friday his resignation from Sanford's staff is effective Aug. 5 ...

The governor of South Carolina, a vocal opponent of federal bailouts in a state beset by one of the nation's highest jobless rates, has decided to take stimulus money to increase weekly unemployment checks by $25, officials said Monday. While he is accepting ...