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Less than six months after South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford copped to conducting an extramarital affair in a tearful press conference, his estranged wife has formally called it quits. Jenny Sanford, a high-powered investment banker before becoming the Palmetto State's First Lady, announced on Dec. 11 that she was filing for divorce after 20 years of marriage. "This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am still dedicated to keeping the process that lies ahead peaceful for our family," she said in a statement. The split doesn't come as a surprise: the former Lazard bigwig...
...wouldn't have. If he had asked me, I would have said no." - On her unwillingness to stand by her husband's side during the June press conference in which he admitted the affair (ABC, Dec. 10, 2009) (See the top 10 apologies...
...hoping he was on the Appalachian Trail. But I was not worried about his safety. I was hoping he was doing some real soul-searching somewhere and was devastated to find out it was Argentina. It's tragic." - In an interview two days after her husband's press conference (AP, June...
...only will I survive, I'll thrive." - Remaining defiant, two days after the press conference (New York Times, June...
...students in Tehran press the latest round of protests into a second week, the late Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini is emerging to play a role in Iran's unsettled politics. Soon after the demonstrations started, on Dec. 7, a video on state television showed an unidentifiable person tearing up a poster of Iran's revolutionary father figure. The Iranian media erupted with accusations. Conservative papers called for opposition leaders' heads, while reformist papers alleged that the video was manufactured by the regime to justify its attacks on protesters. Indeed, a website affiliated with opposition leader and former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein...