WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Mitt Romney's ties to the Northeast gave him a boost on the way to winning the New Hampshire primary. Newt Gingrich's roots in the South probably had at least a little to do with his South Carolina triumph.

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's "Space Coast" Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions.

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney stepped up his campaign in Florida Saturday after a new opinion poll showed he was gaining momentum in a race against archrival Newt Gingrich.

Round two of the Vermont Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament is set for tonight Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.

My only face-to-face meeting with Rick Perry, I had to break the news to him that the person he was asking me about had died. The rest of the meeting was an awkward, off-script journey through what was supposed to be a glad-handing event for a grant donation or something of the like.

Kendall Wallace is chairman of Lowell Publishing Co. He has more than 50 years of newspaper experience, starting as a reporter at The Sun in 1959.