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Rubio, Bush, Kasich join contenders in NH GOP presidential pageant

Rubio, Bush, Kasich join contenders in NH GOP presidential pageant

Evan Lips

NASHUA, N.H. – With New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary election less than three weeks away, presidential contenders are sprinting to the finish, reaching out to as many voters in as many ways as they possibly can. For most of the Republicans, that meant a trip to Nashua on Saturday for a pageant of speeches dubbed the "First-in-the-nation Republican Town Hall."

The candidates that mounted the Nashua stage for review are by now familiar to those who have followed the race. Nearly 1,000 of the cognoscenti filled a hotel ballroom for the event, organized by the New Hampshire Republican Party, and had the chance to hear from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Hewlett Packard chief Carly Fiorina, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. All stuck to their key issues.

Boston-based artist shines in the city that never sleeps
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Boston-based artist shines in the city that never sleeps

Lizzie Short

Heidy S. Chuang was walking in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City when a sudden rain shower transformed the dry and dusty streets into a shining, cobbled path, exposing the brilliant colors of the stones. The lovely effect was a sharp contrast to the week before, when Jerusalem had been rocked by rioting and terrorist attacks. "The rain felt like a gift," Chuang said in an interview with the NewBostonPost last month.

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