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Romney nominated; wife Ann convention star speaker

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Rigger Omar Acebedo climbs down on on a ladder to floor of the Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times

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Police officers stand in a downpour as they watch demonstrators marching through the streets of Tampa, Fla., to protest the Republican National Convention Monday.

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, praised lovingly by his wife from their national convention stage as the “man American needs” and cheered by delegates eager to propel him into the fall campaign against President Barack Obama.