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WORLD BRIEFING Romney, GOP push ahead with compressed national impact will be felt well beyond the city limits. The storm's winds could be felt more than 200 miles from the storm's center. convention TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republicans staged a remarkably subdued opening to Mitt Romney's national convention Mon- day in the midst of a tur- bulent election year, mindful about uncorking a glittery political cele- bration as Tropical Storm Isaac surged menacingly toward New Orleans and the northern Gulf Coast. ''Our thoughts are with the people that are in the storm's path and hope that they're spared any major destruction,'' said Rom- ney, the man seeking to defeat Democratic Presi- dent Barack Obama. ''We've got a great con- vention ahead,'' declared the candidate, who hopes to turn the campaign's focus back to the nation's sluggish economic growth and high unem- ployment. Romney commented briefly at his summer home in New Hampshire, his arrival time uncertain in a convention city left unscathed as Isaac stormed by just to the west. The Gulf Coast region has been saturated thanks to a wet summer, and some officials have wor- ried more rain could make it easy for trees and power lines to topple in the wet ground. Too much water also could flood crops, and wind could topple plants like corn and cot- ton. ments before its evening broadcast. Romney's position on abortion rights has evolved. When he ran for the U.S. Senate in Massa- chusetts, he backed abor- tion rights. As a presiden- tial candidate, he has opposed abortion rights and says the Supreme Court should reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. ''A large, slow-moving system is going to pose a lot of problems — winds, flooding, storm surge and even potentially down the road river flooding,'' said Richard Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. ''That could happen for days after the event.'' The storm's potential for destruction was not lost on Alabama farmer Bert Driskell, who raises peanuts, cotton, wheat, cattle and sod on several thousand acres near Grand Bay, in Mobile County. The convention's first session lasted scarcely a minute, just long enough for the party's chairman, Reince Priebus, to rap a gavel and declare the gathering open for busi- ness. As he did, high above the floor, numbers began flashing across an electronic tally board labeled ''Debt from Con- vention Start,'' meant to show the government steadily borrowing under Obama's leadership throughout the conven- tion. The week was turning out to be about both mete- orology and politics. Romney's top aides and convention planners were juggling their desire for a robust rouse-the-Republi- cans convention with con- cern about appearing uncaring as New Orleans faced a threat from Isaac precisely seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Isaac's threat — With its massive size and ponderous move- ment, a strengthening Isaac could become a punishing rain machine depending on its power, speed and where it comes ashore along the Gulf Coast. New Orleans as Isaac takes dead aim at the city seven years after Hurri- cane Katrina, but the The focus has been on 442 Walnut St., Red Bluff Seniors save 10% Everyday on Everything! 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Health can be broadly defined and, in fact, run- ning mate Paul Ryan has challenged the health exception as a major loop- hole. The presidential candi- Romney commented in an interview Monday with CBS News. The network released Romney's com- The beheadings occurred in southern Hel- mand, the same province where more than 100 insurgents attacked an Afghan army checkpoint and killed 10 soldiers. Helmand was the cen- terpiece of President Barack Obama's surge, when he ordered 33,000 additional U.S troops to Afghanistan to help the military with a counterin- surgency plan. 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