As the Republican primary campaign picks up, the mood of many Florida voters was sour, focused on one thing: the state’s troubled economy. Few expect any quick solutions.

Read more:
Voters in central Florida Want Assurances on Economy

The death of Joe Paterno could weaken the state’s prosecution of two former university officials who have been charged in connection with the child sexual abuse case involving Jerry Sandusky.

Read this article:
Paterno’s Testimony No Longer Admissible

US Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich face off in the first TV debate in Florida ahead of the state’s primary election.

More here:
Republicans face off in Florida

The divide in conservative South Carolina voters could mean that the candidate they perceive to be more moderate, Mitt Romney, walks away the winner of the state’s primary on Jan. 21.

Continued here:
The Caucus: Gingrich and Santroum Look to Unite Conservative Voters in South Carolina

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) announced Sunday that he has reconsidered his decision from Saturday and will not seek to get several GOP presidential candidates added to the state’s primary ballot. Every candidate except Mitt Romney and Ron Paul failed to meet the stringent requirements to get on the ballot for the state’s March 6 primary, and Cuccinelli said Saturday that he would seek to get them added to the ballot. Read full article > >

Read more:
Virginia attorney general changes mind, won’t intervene in primary ballot case

In the three months since Hurricane Irene, the state repaired and reopened some 500 miles of damaged road, replaced a dozen bridges with temporary structures and repaired about 200 altogether.

More:
Vermont Rebounding From Hurricane Irene

Tuesday’s attack on Britain’s embassy in Tehran had the “acquiescence and the support of the state”, says the UK’s former ambassador to Iran.

Link:
Iran attack ‘had state support’

RICHMOND — His name does not appear on the ballot, but Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell ’s final two years in office — and his political legacy — hinge on the outcome of Tuesday’s elections in Virginia. The popular Republican governor has spent months calibrating an aggressive GOP strategy to take control of the state Senate, recruiting candidates to run, raising more than $5 million and appearing in dozens of campaign ads that have run in every region of the state . Read full article > >

More:
Republicans work to take control of Virginia’s Senate

The Commerce Department revoked a $80.6 million grant to bring broadband Internet connections to Louisiana, saying that the state fell behind schedule and changed its original plan for the stimulus funds . The vast majority of funds will be returned to the U.S. Treasury, except for $594,000 that has been delivered to the state already, according to the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Read full article > >

Read more from the original source:
Commerce Department revokes $80M Internet stimulus grant

New Hampshire is at the center of the 2012 Republican presidential race today, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry travels to the state to formally file as a candidate for the first-in-the-nation primary and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul also make campaign stops in the state. Read full article > >

View post:
Mitt Romney: Unstoppable in New Hampshire?

When Maryland’s first slots casino opened a year ago , it faced some tough odds. Even with a strategic location just off Interstate 95, motorists who didn’t know it was there were unlikely to discover it. Hollywood Casino Perryville , located in the northeastern corner of the state, isn’t visible from the tree-lined highway. That might be about to change in a really big way. Read full article > >

Read more:
Maryland casino vies for lighted sign, visible from highway, to attract gamblers

Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds a law in the state of Baja California that states life begins at conception, in a decision hailed by anti-abortion campaigners.

See more here:
Mexican court rules on abortion

The government says the timetable for raising the state pension age to 67 is too slow and it is considering an automatic mechanism to raise it.

Original post:
Pension age ‘rising too slowly’

Investigators questioned three people in the state of Jammu and Kashmir over emails believed to have been sent by a militant group that claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Follow this link:
Indian Police Detain Three Over Deadly Courthouse Explosion

Texas firefighters say they have contained 30% of the state’s most destructive wildfire in more than a decade, helped by a second day of milder winds.

Continue reading here:
Texas wildfire crews gain ground