to columbia. ahead, learn about the outrage of parents over their children s homework assignments. we ll have details. new hampshire appears to be one of the busiest places on earth today, at least in the united states. the candidates and the republican presidential race are make their final push ahead of the first in the nation presidential primary. mitt romney has a solid lead going into tuesday s primary, but if history serves in the lesson, his victory is anything but certain there. cnn s joe johns is following the day s developments from manchester. joe. hey, gary. call new hampshire ornery, perhaps. stoic, certainly very independent thinking, that pinch-hit for voting against the front-runner has been well established, but that will be tested here in new hampshire this time. it s because of mitt room me. not only is he the productive favorite in this race, the front-runner in the poll, he has a house in new hampshire and perhaps most importantly of all, he s the g
soil this morning. we ll tell you how the 15-year-old dallas girl ended up in colombia and how she was located. and what does slavery and math have to do with each other? a teacher gives a math test with word problems such as, if frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? we ll tell you the full story, and we want your reaction. send your thoughts to gary tuchman cnn on twitter. he s on trial for murder. joran van der sloot sits in court yawning. hear what the judge had to say about his behavior. we start with the republican presidential race and the battle for the granite state, new hampshire. the candidates have two debates there this weekend. but that doesn t mean they re scaling back on the personal appearances. this is mitt romney holding a rally in dairy, new hampshire. he s been dominating the polls in new hampshire, but now rick santorum may have some momentum. paul steinhouser joins me from manchester, new hampshire, early in th