Since the Soviet-era state was split into constituent parts in 1993, both the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been successful in canoeing.
But whereas the Texan economy diversified into high-tech, Louisiana turned to gambling, with disastrous results: politicians were bought off by companies looking for licences for land and riverboat casinos, and the state became split between the pro-gambling populism of Mr Edwards and the anti-gambling sentiments of the good government crowd, most of them Republicans.
As of this week, voters in the state are evenly split between the candidates (both received 47% of a recent Rasmussen poll).
Although Democrats have had a long run in the governorship, the state legislature is split, and the congressional delegation tilts 6-3 towards Republicans.
ECONOMIST: A close contest in a naturally conservative place
But the Macedonian majority accuses the rebels of trying to seize ground and split the state.
Pennsylvania regulators stopped short of forcing Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people) to split its state business into two companies.
Since 1972, in a state where people routinely split their votes, the governorship has gone every time with the party that also won the presidency.
Nevada: Unclaimed casino earnings will be split between the state (75%) and the casino (25%).
Jim Gransberry, the dean of Montana political reporters, says the state's electorate is split on just what to make of Sen.
The cost is split among the state, federal and local governments.
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The state's Republicans are split over the decision on car taxes.
But Germany's constitution allows no split vote: a state must cast all its votes one way, or abstain.
On top of this, contribution rates for the state pension scheme, which are split between employers and workers, will rise.
Official responsibility for housing is split between federal, state and local governments.
If, as planned, the United Nations General Assembly votes in September on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, the cabinet could be split over how Britain should vote.
They said that the payout was too low and that any sum should go to owners of the Empire State Building, and not be split among investors in other properties.
Nader's announcement was widely watched by Democrats, many of whom blame him for siphoning off votes in Florida in the 2000 election that might have gone to Democratic nominee Al Gore, who lost the state and the overall election in a split decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
For the past four weeks lawyers for Bank of America and MBIA Inc. have been sparring in a crowded second-floor courtroom in downtown New York City over whether state insurance regulators should have let MBIA split itself in half in back 2009, separating its business of insuring mortgage-backed securities from its business of insuring municipal bonds.
After a joint operation by state and federal authorities, the proceeds are split.
While laws very from state to state, in most states the estate is split between the children and spouse (depending on how much is in the estate).
But according to the exit polls, Edwards and Kerry virtually split the black vote in that state -- both drawing roughly double the minority support of the Rev.
State high school associations nationwide are debating whether to split public and private schools in the playoffs, particularly in football, because of private-school dominance that the public schools say is unfair because they, unlike their private colleagues, can recruit, er, attract players from outside a geographical boundary.
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All this is harder still when cities expand beyond their political boundaries, creating problems of co-ordination (Mexico City is split between the Federal District and the surrounding State of Mexico, for example).
The New York Daily News Wednesday, citing sources, said Giuliani officially filed for divorce and was negotiating terms of the split Monday with his estranged wife before Acting State Supreme Court Justice Judith Gische.
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SEPI, Izar's state holding company, recently had to postpone plans to split the loss-making Izar group's four military and six civilian shipyards into separate companies because of fierce resistance to the job cuts involved.
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In its current state, Windows 8 has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde split personality.
Courts are split on whose law applies when calls are taped across state lines.
But Democrats should have a freer hand in states where they no longer have to worry about split control--or a Congress inclined to override state laws.
For this partnership model, as well as the state-state partnership option, there is no requirement for a 50-50 split of labor.
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Italy has been laboring in a state of political uncertainty since February's elections left a three-way split between the right, the left and the wild-card party of Beppe Grillo.
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