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Friday, August 05, 2011  Federal officials say former presidential candidate John Edwards must repay more than $2 million to the U.S. Treasury.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard is expected to preside over the state Senate as a grand jury investigation of ethics charges against him begins.

Monday, July 25, 2011  South Carolina's top law enforcement officer has signed off on a grand jury review of Lt. Gov. Ken Ard's ethics case.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  An investigation into South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard's violations of state ethics laws is heading to the state grand jury, raising the potential for criminal charges against the politician.

Friday, July 15, 2011  South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian says Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson is wasting time by setting up a task force to investigate the ethics case against GOP Lt. Gov. Ken Ard.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard paid a $48,400 fine to the State's Ethics Commission June 30th but South Carolina Democratic Party Chaiman, Dick Harpootlian, wants Ard to pay even more. He wants Harpootlian to pay with his job.

Friday, July 01, 2011  South Carolina's top ethics official says Lt. Gov. Ken Ard faced his biggest ethics fines for using campaign money on a vacation, clothes and iPads after he provided ethics investigators inaccurate information.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard wrote a $48,400 personal check to the State Ethics Commission Thursday morning to resolve charges levied against him.

Friday, June 03, 2011  Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards has pleaded not guilty to charges that he solicited and spent more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby from the public at the height of his 2008 White House campaign.

Friday, March 18, 2011  State ethics investigators say South Carolina's lieutenant governor used campaign donations for thousands of dollars for meals at restaurants, a family vacation to Washington, computer equipment and a gown for his wife.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  The South Carolina lieutenant governor in the midst of a state ethics firestorm won voters by declaring himself a political outsider and by bashing his opponents for being lawyers.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard faces 92 State Ethics Commission charges alleging he used campaign money for personal purposes and failed to disclose campaign spending.

Monday, July 13, 2009  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's former GOP chairman says Gov. Mark Sanford needs to put the $1.7 million he has left in his 2006 election account toward rebuilding the party's image.