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Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton share a laugh prior to the start of the Democratic primary debate at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., in April 2007. Those were happier times for the two senators, who now find themselves entrenched in a battle for their party’s number one spot. Obama took an early lead with his Jan. 3 victory in the Iowa caucuses, but Clinton rebounded from her third-place finish there with a hard-fought victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary that has again drawn the hotly contested race even. (AP photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Message of hope and unity resonates in nation’s first primary
Brian Wright O’Connor
CONCORD, N.H. — The crowd that showed up early on the morning after the Iowa caucuses to hear Barack Obama was drawn only partly by the Illinois senator’s message of hope and reconciliation. Full story
Clinton defies polls and predictions, earns key victory in N.H.
Banner Staff
In an unexpectedly close race, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton edged Illinois Sen. Barack Obama Tuesday night in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Democratic primary, giving her troubled campaign a much-needed boost after the former first lady’s stunning third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses last week. Full story
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Patrick planning to create education secretary post
Ken Maguire
Gov. Deval Patrick plans to file legislation this week to create a cabinet-level education secretary, as part of an effort to make education a top issue for 2008. Full Story
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