Republican presidential candidate John McCain, back to camera, greets his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, center, and her boyfriend Levi Johnston, left, as he arrives at the airport in Minneapolis.
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A panoply of McCain buttons were for sale in Rice Park Wednesday.
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There was a decent crowd at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul early Wednesday morning. Managers, though, point out the night was pretty slow until about 2:10, just after other bars had closed.
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The Happy Gnome is one of 11 bars in St. Paul that got a license to stay open until 4:00 a.m. during the Republican Convention. Managers say they've had pretty good crowds during those two extra hours, but customers are almost entirely locals who have no connection to the RNC.
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