Yo, ho, ho and a lot of bottles of rum. Florida’s two senators are taking heat for taking sides in an expensive and increasingly divisive rum war between the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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Florida senators in middle of rum fight (Miami Herald)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has invited state departments of agriculture in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to submit applications for grant funds under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill.
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Applicants sought for $55M grant funds (Saipan Tribune)
A group of 53 beauty queens picked from around the country for their smiles, struts and interview savvy were set to woo a panel of judges in hopes of winning the Miss America 2010 crown. The young women from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will cap a week of preliminary competition with the scheduled crowning of a winner Saturday night in Las Vegas.
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53 Beauty Queens Compete For Miss America Crown (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
LAS VEGAS – A group of 53 beauty queens picked from around the country for their smiles, struts and interview savvy were set to woo a panel of judges in hopes of winning the Miss America 2010 crown. The young women from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will cap a week of preliminary competition with the scheduled crowning of a winner Saturday night in …
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53 beauty queens vie for Miss America crown (Nevada Appeal)
According to a CDC report, 3.7 percent of people across the United States, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands tested positive for the seasonal flu. Last year, 11.5 percent of people tested positive during the second week of 2009.
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Seasonal flu rates called ‘minimal’ by CDC (Valley News Dispatch)
Legislatures in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico met in 2009, leading to the enactment of 40,697 laws, many of which take effect January 1.
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Laws covering texting, tanning beds, trans fat take effect in 2010 (CNN)
(Little Rock, November 5, 2009)—The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) celebrated the advent of the sale of PowerballÒ tickets by announcing that total sales were $1,095,100, through November 4, 2009. Arkansas became the 31st state, along with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to offer the game when ticket sales began at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, 2009.
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Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Powerball sales exceed $1 million since launch (CW Arkansas)
Lottery enthusiasts will soon be able to buy tickets to the giant Powerball game — played in 31 states, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia — as well as Mega Millions, the 12-state game that includes Michigan.
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Powerball lottery to roll into Michigan (Detroit News)
Terri Czerwinski is ready to battle something that has invaded every U.S. territory except the Virgin Islands.
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South Redford readies for H1N1 virus (Redford Observer)
The nation’s two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery, the head of a lottery association said Tuesday. Powerball is played in 31 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S.
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Mega Millions and Powerball could allow cross-selling (Detroit Free Press)