Rick Santorum's late surge and Ron Paul's dominance among young voters and independents combined to undercut Mitt Romney's front-runner status in the GOP presidential field Tuesday night.

The tight three-way finish in the Iowa caucuses showed no clear favorite. Early Wednesday morning, with 100 percent of votes tallied, Santorum and Romney were statistically tied with 25 percent each -- and Romney winning by a mere eight votes out of 60,015 cast between the two men. Paul had 21 percent of the approximately 121,000 total votes cast.

CNN just named Orlando one of the world's top destinations. It is, too -- for those lucky enough to travel on a company credit card or rich enough to put Mickey and friends at the top of the family budget.

WASHINGTON -- The great thing about Iowa is that no matter who the voters select in their neighborhood huddles, it doesn't really matter.

Florida would join a group of 41 other states that have already standardized requirements and application procedures for life insurance, long-term disability coverage and other insurance products, under a measure filed Tuesday and backed by industry representatives and state regulators.

A letter from the Broward County Republican Party chairman complaining about the redesigned congressional district of Rep. Allen West could trigger legal challenges, a tea party activist says.

"Just when I thought the GOP couldn't get more incompetent, Broward comes along with an effort to save an incumbent? This is Exhibit A in the first lawsuit," said Henry Kelley, chairman of the Fort Walton Beach Tea Party.

County-level voters across Florida would get to decide if they want to expand gambling in their community -- from slot machines to mega-casinos -- under changes proposed to the highly watched destination gaming bill now before state legislators.

Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, is expected to amend her 166-page destination gaming bill by the end of the week that would:

Iowans will head to almost 1,775 precincts across the Hawkeye State Tuesday night to caucus on which Republican hopeful will challenge President Barack Obama in November.

Recent polls show three of them in position to win Iowa, which leads the procession of state caucuses and primaries.

President Barack Obama's deputy press secretary, Josh Earnest, said over the weekend the following when referencing Congress in 2012: The president is no longer tied to Washington.