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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the crowd Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. The vice presidential nominee attacked Barack Obama, praised John McCain and pushed back against criticism that she is too inexperienced to be on the ticket.

Gustav is no longer a hurricane, but that doesn't mean all is well yet for residents of the Gulf Coast. Millions are still far from home in shelters across the region. One such shelter is a gymnasium in Shreveport, La., that has become home to about 800 people.

Sarah Palin was thought to be a pick of potentially high risk and high reward when she was named John McCain's running mate. So far, the reward has been that she has galvanized the base and boosted the campaign's fundraising. But the potential risks of a largely unknown candidate also were on display Monday.

The brunt of the storm largely missed New Orleans this time around. As Hurricane Gustav was losing steam, people who stayed behind as others evacuated surveyed the damage.

Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says despite some flooding from Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans' levees and floodwalls worked as they were designed to. The Corps is tracking the water levels and monitoring communication among agencies and all 13 coastal parishes.

GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin announces that her 17-year-old unwed daughter is five months pregnant. Political editor Ken Rudin discusses how the announcement will affect John McCain's campaign.

The Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., is expected to be back in full operation Tuesday. Hurricane Gustav forced the first day's events to be curtailed. Despite that, Monday was a day of stunning disclosures involving John McCain's running mate.

Republicans opened their storm-shortened national convention Monday amid distractions involving running mate Sarah Palin. It was disclosed that a lawyer was hired to represent the Alaska governor in a firing investigation, and that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin begins her vice presidential campaign as a self-proclaimed reformer. But as a mayor and as governor, she defended the pork brought home by Alaska's congressional delegation, and even hired a lobbyist to get more.

In New Orleans, there is a sense of relief that Hurricane Gustav didn't roar ashore as hard as it could have. The city avoided a direct hit, and its improved levee system has held.