The governors of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a formal tri-state partnership for the deployment of offshore wind energy in the Middle Atlantic region.

Justin Thorpe ran for one touchdown and threw for another while James Madison’s defense registered eight sacks as the Dukes defeated Delaware 20-8 on Saturday.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say they’ve suspended a search for a 54-year-old Virginia man who slipped on a rock on a jetty and went into the water near Indian River Inlet in Delaware.

Vice President Joe Biden’s son, who has returned after serving a tour with the Army National Guard in Iraq, says he’ll take his time to decide whether to seek his father’s Senate seat.

A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.

Delaware Republican congressman and former governor Michael Castle announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Joe Biden after the Democrat was elected vice president.

WILLIAMSBURG—They whole is impressive for William and Mary quarterback R.J. Archer. The half is almost unbelievable. Archer, a former wide receiver in his first year starting at quarterback, continued to complete first-half passes with off-the-chart accuracy last night. The senior connected on 15 of 21 passes—including a school-record 91-yard TD pass to Chase Hill—as fifth-ranked William and Mary jumped on Delaware and went on to a 30-20 Colonial Athletic Association victory before a sellout crowd of 12,259 at Zable Stadium.

LINCOLN, Neb. - Speaking in measured words, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini indicated he believes Menelik Holt made a good catch for a touchdown on a pass ruled incomplete in the Huskers’ 16-15 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday. Pelini said yesterday that no one play cost Nebraska the game. But he said that judging from the film, it looked to him as if Holt held on for what should have been a 21-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. With the extra point, that touchdown would have given the Huskers a 19-10 lead.

We live in strange and contradictory times. Two bumper stickers, seen on the same car, sum things up nicely. One said, “Save the Bay.“ Another said, “Raise my taxes, lose my vote.“ There is a correlation between those ideas. Cities, counties and states need money to operate, and the news keeps getting worse. After one round of budget cuts to make up for a $299 million shortfall, Virginia faces another round to account for an additional $1.2 billion in anticipated lost revenue.

PHILADELPHIA - A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that sports betting in Delaware would violate a 1992 federal ban on such wagering, essentially halting the state’s plans to start taking bets next month. The plan was opposed by the professional sports leagues and the NCAA, which claimed it violated the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, would harm their reputations and expose young people to gambling.

The court has ruled that the state’s proposed sports betting lottery, which would include single-game bets, violates a 1992 federal ban on sports wagering.

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, who proposed sports betting to help solve a budget shortfall, signed legislation authorizing it this year.

The Georgia State Panthers used a 15-6 run at the start of the second half to take control and went on to beat the cold-shooting Delaware Blue Hens 54-41 in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament at the Richmond Coliseum. The eighth-seeded Panthers (12-19) play top-seeded Virginia Commonwealth (21-9) tomorrow at noon in the quarterfinals.

CAA basketball With about 12 minutes to play and Virginia Commonwealth fighting for its life, Joey Rodriguez sidled up to Eric Maynor with a message.

Eric Maynor scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half, enabling the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams to catch up and eventually pull away down the stretch in a 78-67 victory over the Delaware Blue Hens tonight at the Siegel Center. Coupled with Northeastern’s loss to Georgia State, the victory put VCU (12-4, 19-8) in sole possession of first place in the Colonial Athletic Association with two conference games remaining.