Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan aimed to introduce himself to America in the most consequential speech of his career.
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Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan stood on stage with his children, his wife, and his mother.
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Convention attendees listened to Ryan's speech.
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An attendee posed next to a campaign poster at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, waved from the VIP box with her granddaughter Chloe and her son Matt.
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Romney sat in his hotel room with his grandchildren as he watched a broadcast of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's speech.
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Texas delegate Patrick O'Daniel from Austin fashioned a fighting Romney doll.
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Pages prepared signs before distributing them to delegates Wednesday.
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Campaign signs sat on seats in front of a national debt clock Wednesday.
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Sen. John McCain addressed the convention.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice waved to delegates.
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A demonstrator gave a peace sign gesture while taking part in a protest march.
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Police officer Carolyn Schwalm videotaped demonstrators.
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A mediator negotiated a standoff between a group of protesters and law enforcement officers that shut down traffic in downtown Tampa.
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Ohio delegates bowed their heads during the invocation.
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Video of former presidents George Bush, father and son, played on multiple giant screens at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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A delegate took a picture between empty seats before the start of the night.
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Members of a color guard walked through the convention hall before the start of the third session.
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Ayla Brown sang the national anthem.
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Pat Tippett and Linda Dennison, both from Georgia, wore GOP logo cut-off jean jackets with matching blue hats Wednesday.
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Wisconsin delegates held masks of Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman who has now ascended to the rank of vice presidential candidate.
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Pages reacted to video of the two Bush presidents Wednesday.
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Paul Ryan waved as he took the stage to accept the nomination.
While tonight’s anointing indeed represents a political triumph for Mitt Romney, it is also fraught with challenge and risk.
President Obama lost the senior vote by eight points in 2008, and a crucial part of the Romney strategy is to try to win an even larger percentage of seniors.
Governor Deval Patrick has dismissed all five members of the powerful panel, the first step in replacing them with a larger board in a plan approved by lawmakers last month.
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Today, the Home’s Knight Children’s Center on South Huntington Avenue sends the last of its charges to a sparkling new facility in Walpole.
Negotiations are still in the early stages, but Whole Foods wants to move into six of the 10 Johnnie’s Foodmaster sites.
Tech Lab
Tools can back up your stored data, encrypt it so nobody else can use it, track the location of a stolen phone, or just shut down a lost device so it’s no longer usable.
Hurricane Isaac sent the worst of its howling wind and heavy rain into a cluster of rural fishing villages that had few defenses against the slow-moving storm Wednesday.
We’re launching new article comments and personal profiles on BostonGlobe.com Wednesday afternoon, and want to explain some changes that you’ll see.
The surprise third-round pick in 2011 completed 8 of 15 for 40 yards and was sacked twice during the first half of the scintillating 6-3 loss to the Giants.
About 800 people attended the funeral for Genevieve Phillip, one of three killed in a brazen shooting on Aug. 12.
Businesses in New England are hiring modestly and “outlooks remain uncertain,” according to a survey by the Federal Reserve.
Senator John Kerry will deliver the speech during the closing night of next week’s Democratic National Convention.
President Bashar Assad said in an interview that his armed forces will need time to defeat the rebels, acknowledging the civil war could be prolonged.
Picks for the best music options around the region this week.
Brian Billotte has tended bar at the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Rowes Wharf Bar since the day the hotel opened, in 1987.
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