Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- The Republican National Convention adopted two controversial rules on Tuesday. But a fight over their adoption threw a wrench in the convention's carefully scripted events: pitting the likes of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and grassroots activists on one side with Mitt Romney's campaign and establishment Republicans on the other.

The Skanner News freelancer John Moreno caught up with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus after he had a heated debate with MSNBC's Chris Matthews.

TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- In reference to Obama, Priebus said "he hasn't even run a garage sale or seen the inside of a lemonade stand." The nation needs a president "with real experience in a real economy," Priebus added. "Mitt Romney will be that president."

Tampa, Fla.– Republican officials today released a revised convention-week schedule.  Changes in the schedule are the result of the convention's decision postpone the Monday, August 27 sessions due to weather-related concerns.

(CNN) -- The 30-mile stretch between Biloxi and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is still dotted with battle wounds from Hurricane Katrina seven years later.

Even as online news sources make inroads, voters still rely on local television for their daily news more than any other news source, according to a national survey released on the eve of the Republican National Convention.

This year The Skanner News Group is partnering with the Los Angeles Wave and several other papers to bring readers all the latest news on the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) -- The state Department of Education has determined that the Beaufort County School District violated federal rules for treatment of disabled students.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The man killed by a former co-worker on a Manhattan sidewalk Friday was shot five times in the head, the New York Medical Examiner's office said Sunday.

TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- As the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall approaches, New Orleans -- and much of the Gulf Coast -- is preparing to put into practice the lessons learned from that defining storm.