The annual average temperature is 54.2 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is ranked the 20th hottest state, according to data collected between 1971 and 2000 by the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

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The fact that Beasley has made video poker the hottest issue in the state reflects in part a nationwide backlash against most forms of gambling: it's evident from Oklahoma, where voters in February overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to bring casino gambling to the state, to Michigan, where voters may have a chance this November to overturn a plan for three Detroit casinos.

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Collins is its second biggest producer and home to one of the hottest craft beer locales in this beer-mad state.

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The hottest market is India, where the combination of a staid state broadcaster with a free-to-air monopoly and fierce competition among cable and satellite companies has boosted pay-TV.

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