AP - The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the GOP as a picture of diversity. What it hasn't offered is many minorities speaking from the podium in prime time, or sitting among the delegates.

AP - Sarah Palin has done in five days what John McCain has never been able to do — fire up the Republican Party's conservative base.

AP - The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech.

AP - Smiling, searing and sarcastic Palin lays ground for McCain's nomination acceptance speech ... Presidential also-ran Giuliani pushes McCain's credentials ... Obama says McCain is trying to run from Republican Party's bad economic record

AFP - Vice presidential pick Sarah Palin emerged from a political maelstrom to capture the heart of a raucous Republican Party , before unleashing a fearsome attack on Barack Obama.

AP - As John McCain accepts his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, protesters calling for an end to the Iraq war plan to march outside the Xcel Energy Center.

AP - Palin prepares to speak to delegates, other Americans amid political and personal revelations ... Giuliani says Sarah Palin is ready to handle Sept. 11 crisis ... Late-night TV hosts tread lightly with Palin pregnancy; use it to go after John Edwards

Time.com - The gatherings are smaller than expected and the marches mostly peaceful, but breakaway radicals are causing trouble

AP - Dan Quayle struck a nerve in 1992 when he went after the TV series "Murphy Brown" by saying its depiction of a single mother was irresponsible and set a bad example for America. The Republican vice president said the fictional character was "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another `lifestyle choice.'"

AP - Police arrests tally nearly 300 following sometimes violent confrontations this week, and more protests were planned for Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of the Republican National Convention.