Beside Mitt Romney's stage, two protesters held up pink signs and began chanting "People over profits." Convention officials rushed to them and dragged them from their seats. They resisted while the audience chanted "USA" repeatedly to drown them out. Romney, who loses network coverage at 11 p.m., returned to his speech even as the scuffle happened behind him, over his right shoulder.

— Philip Elliott and Steve Peoples — Twitter http://twitter.com/Philip_Elliott and http://twitter.com/sppeoples

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