The Pew Research Center, not exactly a bastion of conservative thought, has determined, once again, that Republicans are more knowledgeable than Democrats about American politics.

Republicans scored higher on a range of questions about the parties and government, largely because the GOP coalition has few poorly educated people, Pew said.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam started serving Florida-grown foods this year at public schools and now hes going to show students how they can raise their own crops.

Putnam will officially open the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Fresh For Florida Kids Garden in a ceremony at the Holland Building in Tallahassee.

Francois Hollande, on course to become France's first Socialist president in 24 years, topped a field of national socialists, centrists and communists in that country's elections Sunday.

Every poll has predicted that Hollande, 57, will win the May 6 runoff against center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy, who finished second in Sunday's first round.

Hollande deftly played to his left by singling out "finance" as his "worst enemy" and pledging to soak the rich with a 75 percent tax on annual earnings over 1 million euros, the Daily Telegraph reported.