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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., re-stated his support Monday for Gov. Mark Sanford, urging the maligned governor to complete his term in office, and for lawmakers and others to slow down their calls for him to resign.

E-mails obtained by The State newspaper in December detailed an affair between Gov. Mark Sanford and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

JOURNALISM can be a messy business, and few things are messier than reporting on infidelity. The travel partners of infidelity are shame, deception, embarrassment, hurt and heartache — ugly, negative, soul-diminishing feelings. There is no joy among responsible journalists in telling stories about infidelity and its seat mate, personal failure.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — TV camera operators and photographers camped Thursday outside the apartment building where Argentina’s mystery woman lives.

E-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It’s over. Whatever hopes Mark Sanford had of becoming president withered during his mysterious absence and died altogether during Wednesday’s explosive news conference, political observers said.

Beth Price and her two children could have gone to the zoo during their Thursday visit to Columbia. Instead, they opted for a stroll around the State House grounds.

About six months ago, an anonymous tipster sent The State newspaper copies of e-mail messages supposedly exchanged between Gov. Mark Sanford’s personal e-mail address and a woman named Maria in Argentina.

Poll: Should Mark Sanford resign as S.C.'s governor?

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford issued this statement after her husband’s press conference Wednesday: