U.S. News and World Reports released a list on Tuesday of universities bringing in the most transfer students -- and three of them are based in Florida.

The University of Central Florida ranks second in the nation, behind only Arizona State University, with 6,324 transfer students.

Florida International University places fourth on the list with 4,536 transfer students.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., weighed in on Tuesday after news broke that a North Korean ship headed from Cuba back to North Korea with missile equipment. The ship was stopped by the Panamanian government.

Nathan Gonzales over at Roll Call placed a congressional race in North Florida as one of the Top 5 Races to Watch in the South.

Looking at the battle brewing in the Big Bend, Gonzales made U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland a slight favorite over potential Democratic challenger Gwen Graham.

Beth Reinhard over at National Journal has an article on how U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has moved to the sidelines now that his immigration reform bill has passed the Senate and is now in the House, where conservative Republicans who control that chamber are expected to sink it. Instead, Rubio is focusing on other issues:

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi made the cover of the latest Weekly Standard. Conservative writer Fred Barnes profiled Bondi and other Republican state attorneys general in The Last Redoubt which praises them as the unsung heroes in challenging the Obama agenda.

There are no second acts in American lives, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. Fitzgerald was clearly wrong about it since his reputation rebounded considerably after his death in 1940 -- and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is clearly hoping the great writer was mistaken.

After losing a battle for a Florida House seat in 2012, Marco Pe resurfaced on Monday when he was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.

Yet another candidate has jumped into the increasingly crowded field battling for the Florida House seat currently held by Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Panama City, who faces term limits in 2014.

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., looked to expand options for Americans to take part in Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) as he introduced the Providing Accountability and Transparency to Incentivize Economically Necessary Transitions in Health Care Act (PATIENT Health Care Act). Ross argued his new bill will create more competition in the marketplace and lower costs.

A new poll finds former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer are in solid shape to win Democratic primaries for New York City offices despite the sex scandals that drove them from office.