Presidential election 2010: A state-by-state look at the race so far - Syracuse Post-Standard
26 May 2012, 9:15 am
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. LEANING DEMOCRAT (61): Michigan (16) — Despite lingering economic ...

Mass. to open state-run beaches, campgrounds - Boston Herald
26 May 2012, 9:08 am
Massachusetts officials are gearing up for the state of the summer recreation season. The Department of Conservation and Recreation says the Memorial Day weekend also marks the opening of many of the state’s ocean and inland beaches, together ...

Moeller back in familiar spot - state semis - Cincinnati.com
26 May 2012, 8:32 am
Moeller’s baseball team is going back to state. By defeating Elder 6-4 in an action-packed Division I regional championship Friday at the University of Cincinnati’s Marge Schott Stadium, the Crusaders punched their ticket to a fourth state ...

A state-by-state look at the road to 270 - The Guardian
26 May 2012, 8:11 am
The Associated Press= An analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes, the total needed to win the presidency, and where Democratic President Barack Obama and probable Republican nominee Mitt Romney stand now. The numbers reflect electoral ...

The Terror state We Call Our Ally - NationalJournal.com
25 May 2012, 1:05 pm
Richard Holbrooke, the late diplomat, would never have let relations between the United states and Pakistan decline to this level, his widow, Kati Marton, said on Friday. “The day after [Osama] bin Laden was killed, Richard would have been on ...

Veep Beat: Rubio’s Swing-state Book Tour, Newt’s VP Appraisal - ABC News
25 May 2012, 7:50 am
RUBIO’S SWING-state BOOK TOUR: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will hit a number of swing states and South Carolina this summer as he tours the country to promote his new book, “An American Son,” which will be released June 19.  Rubio will kick off his ...

Analysis: state income up in April, but may not be enough - YAHOO!
24 May 2012, 4:34 pm
(Reuters) - Personal income tax collections in states in April might have grown an average of more than 7 percent, but for some the increase may not be enough to ease budget crises. Reuters found that the average increase of personal income tax collections ...

Lawmaker Proposes Limiting Out-of-state Enrollment at University of California Schools - New York Times Blogs
24 May 2012, 10:07 am
A California lawmaker is proposing to limit the number of out-of-state and international students who can enroll at University of California campuses. The measure, which was introduced last week, would ensure that California students had a ...

Obama Prospects Improve as Swing state Economies Improve - Bloomberg
24 May 2012, 1:46 am
From extra shifts at auto and steel plants in Ohio to office buildings rising in Northern Virginia, the geography of the U.S. economic rebound is providing an edge to President Barack Obama’s re-election. The unemployment rates in a majority ...

China’s ‘state-Owned’ Brand Slips in Value - Wall Street Journal
22 May 2012, 11:53 pm
China’s state-owned enterprises are losing their luster on the global stage. The brand equity of eight of China’s most renowned state-owned companies, such as Bank of China and China Mobile, has fallen 9% in the last year, according brand ...