By BARTHOLOMEW SULLIVAN and MICHAEL COLLINS, Scripps Howard News Service

DENVER -- Hillary Clinton delegates from Tennessee broke into open rebellion Wednesday in one of the only bursts of public anger to surface in a convention devoted to embracing Democratic Party unity after a contentious primary campaign.

WASHINGTON -- An estimated 45,000 Republican partisans, volunteers and news media people will descend on Minnesota's Twin Cities this week for Monday's opening of the Republican National Convention.

It's been 100 years since Democrats gathered in the mile-high city of Denver to nominate William Jennings Bryan for president.On Monday, 4,440 delegates, 21,000 volunteers, and thousands of journalists and guests will attend the expected coronation of Barack Obama as the party's nominee.