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Not Your Usual Convention Opener

On "day one" of the Republican convention, most of the action was outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, not inside. As delegates tackled dry nomination business and tried to come to grips with the news that Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter was five months pregnant, thousands of anti-Bush protesters marched through the streets, calling for an end to the Iraq war, better health care and a host of other reforms. Barbara Cariddi was there and has this report.

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