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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130521/PC16/130529866/1152/jenny-sanfords-donated-papers-offer-poignant-view-of-powerful-couple-second-chance-e-book-now-available&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Jenny Sanford&#39;s donated papers offer poignant view of powerful couple;  &#39;Second Chance&#39; e-book now available]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Jenny Sanford has donated to the College of Charleston boxes of scrapbooks, emails, letters and thousands of other items kept during her marriage to Mark Sanford, a trove that sheds new light on her role as first lady and her ex-husband&#39;s campaigns for Congress and governor.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130521/PC16/130529916/1152/mark-sanford-holds-neighborhood-office-hours&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford holds neighborhood office hours]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[MOUNT PLEASANT &#x2014; Saying he is humbled to be back in Congress, newly installed U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford met with constituents of his coastal district on Monday during what he calls neighborhood office hours.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130516/PC16/130519420/1152/mark-sanford-sworn-in&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford sworn in]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#x2014; Republican Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor whose extramarital affair derailed his political career, returned to Congress Wednesday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130515/PC16/130519522/1152/day-4-second-chance-the-mark-sanford-story&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Day 4: Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Mark Sanford&#39;s victory in last week&#39;s 1st District congressional race capped another chapter in his amazing political journey. Inside today&#39;s paper, read the fourth excerpt from a new Post and Courier e-book, Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story, which will be published soon on numerous e-reader platforms. The book includes photos and...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130514/PC16/130519609/1152/day-3-second-chance-the-mark-sanford-story&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Day 3: Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Mark Sanford&#x2019;s victory in last Tuesday&#x2019;s congressional election added another chapter in his amazing political journey. Inside today&#x2019;s paper is the third excerpt from a new Post and Courier e-book, &#x201c;Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story.&#x201d; In the full e-book, which will be available soon, read intimate emails...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130513/PC16/130519688/1152/day-2-second-chance-the-mark-sanford-story&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Day 2: Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Mark Sanford&#39;s victory in Tuesday&#39;s congressional election added yet another chapter in his amazing political journey. Inside today&#39;s paper, read the second excerpt from a new Post and Courier e-book, Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story. The full e-book details how Mark Sanford&#39;s roots at his family farm in Beaufort County, Coosaw Plantation,...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130509/PC16/130509251/1152/mark-sanford-reaches-settlement-in-trespassing-complaint-filed-by-ex-wife-jenny-agrees-to-pay-5000-to-defray-her-legal-costs&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford reaches settlement in trespassing complaint filed by ex-wife Jenny, agrees to pay $5,000 to defray her legal costs]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Congressman-elect Mark Sanford had a rough week in mid-April, but this one is shaping up as a pretty good one.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130508/PC16/130509323/1152/mark-sanford-admits-to-trespassing-charge-in-settlement-with-ex-wife&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford admits to trespassing charge in settlement with ex-wife]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The Super Bowl trespassing case filed by Jenny Sanford against Mark Sanford has been settled, with Mark Sanford admitting he is ''in contempt for this and previous instances of trespassing'' into Jenny Sanford's home.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:28:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130508/PC16/130509360/1152/sanford-gets-second-chance-on-political-scrap-heap-4-years-ago-ex-governor-wins-1st-district-seat&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Sanford gets second chance: On political scrap heap 4 years ago, ex-governor wins 1st District seat]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Former Gov. Mark Sanford completed the trail to political redemption Tuesday with a win over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to reclaim his old seat in Congress.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130508/PC16/130509362/1152/hicks-column-sanford-career-revived-by-the-same-guys-who-tried-to-end-it&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[HICKS COLUMN: Sanford career revived by the same guys who tried to end it]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Mark Sanford owes more to the state Legislature and the ''R'' behind his name than to his ''God of second chances.'']]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130508/PC16/130509365/1152/1st-district-fundamentally-gop-turf&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[1st District fundamentally GOP turf]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Fundamentals matter in American politics, and Tuesday reaffirmed what political studies have shown: There&#x2019;s a direct relationship between a congressional district&#x2019;s partisan makeup and its vote totals.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130507/PC16/130509444/1152/mark-sanford-victor-over-elizabeth-colbert-busch-in-1st-congressional-district-special-election-road-to-redemption-complete&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford victor over Elizabeth Colbert Busch in 1st Congressional District special election, road to redemption complete]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Former Gov. Mark Sanford completed the trail to political redemption tonight with a win over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to reclaim his old seat in Congress.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 07:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130507/PC16/130509420/1152/live-chat-with-political-science-professor-kendra-stewart&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[LIVE CHAT with political science professor Kendra Stewart]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Join Kendra Stewart, a political science professor at the College of Charleston, for a live chat here beginning about 7:15 p.m. tonight to discuss the 1st District Special Election as returns begin to roll in.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130507/PC16/130509447/1152/mark-sanford-elizabeth-colbert-bush-face-the-voters-in-contentious-1st-congressional-district-race&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Bush face the voters in contentious 1st Congressional District race]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Will South Carolina&#x2019;s former governor gain redemption, or will the comedian&#x2019;s sister get the last laugh?]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130506/PC16/130509542/1152/what-voters-need-to-know-about-tuesday&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[What voters need to know about Tuesday]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[As the 1st Congressional District campaign goes down to the wire, the race has tightened into a near dead heat.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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