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10:30 AM ET, May 2, 2011

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New York Times:
Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says  —  WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.
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Dean Schabner / ABCNEWS:
Osama bin Laden Killed by U.S. Strike  —  Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, sources told ABC News.  —  His death brings to an end a tumultuous life that saw bin Laden go from being the carefree son of a Saudi billionaire …
The Atlantic Online:
Osama Bin Laden's Compound Already Mapped on Google  —  Less than an hour ago, President Obama addressed the nation in a special press conference held to announce the death of Osama Bin Laden.  The September 11 mastermind was hiding out in a mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan, about 80 miles north of Islamabad.
NationalJournal.com:
TEXT: President George W. Bush's Statement on Osama Bin Laden's Death  —  Earlier this evening, President Obama called to inform me that American forces killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al Qaeda network that attacked America on September 11, 2001.  —  I congratulated him and the men …
Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Corpse handled in ‘Islamic practice’  —  The United States is treating Osama bin Laden's body in “accordance with Islamic practice,” a White House official says.  —  President Obama announced Sunday night that American forces killed bin Laden in Pakistan and that they took his body afterward.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Pakistanis Stunned and Angered at News of Osama's Death  —  People buy newspapers reporting the killing of Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, at local newspaper printing press in Karachi, Pakistan Monday, May 2, 2011.  (VOA)  —  Pakistanis are stunned by the news of Osama Bin Laden's death.
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Sources: Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead  —  WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, a person familiar with the situation said late Sunday.  —  President Barack Obama was expected …
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Here's the guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on Bin Laden  —  Yesterday Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual on Twitter) was just a “an IT consultant taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains”, specifically Abbottabad, northern Pakistan.  —  The IT contractor and graduate …
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
40 Minutes That Changed the World: Inside the Operation That Brought Bin Laden Down  —  Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is shown in Afghanistan, in this April 1998 file photo.  A person familiar with developments on Sunday, May 1, 2011 says bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body.
The Note:
Osama Bin Laden Body Headed for Burial at Sea, Officials Say  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports: Now that bin Laden has been killed and his body has been positively identified, what is to be done with his remains?  —  U.S. officials tell me the last thing they want is for his burial place to become a terrorist shrine.
Patrick Ishmael / Hot Air:
BREAKING: BIN LADEN DEAD; Update: Killed “deep inside Pakistan” today in a firefight; Update: Found in Abbottabad; Update: Linked to Umar Patek?  Update: Details of assault; Update: Early intel came from Gitmo detainees  —  Topic as yet unknown.  Putting this up as a placeholder until the regular crew arrives.
Bill Dedman / msnbc.com:
US tracked couriers to an elaborate bin Laden compound  —  He died in firefight along with his son, two couriers, US officials say; Pakistan was not told in advance  —  Below: … It started with a courier's name.  —  Only on msnbc.com  —  Senior White House officials said early Monday …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
How the Bin Laden Announcement Leaked Out  —  The terse announcement came just after 9:45 p.m. Sunday from Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director.  “POTUS to address the nation tonight at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time,” he wrote on Twitter, sharing the same message that had just been transmitted to the White House press corps.
Aamer Madhani / NationalJournal.com:
Step by Step: How the U.S. Killed bin Laden  —  Soon after coming to office, President Obama made it clear that killing or capturing Osama bin Laden was one of his highest national security priorities.  —  But it wasn't until last summer that intelligence officials caught a break in their pursuit.
Yahoo! News Canada:
Hamas condemns killing of “holy warrior” bin Laden
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Marwa Awad / Reuters:
Brotherhood: U.S. troops should now quit Iraq, Afghan
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com and Jihad Watch
Dexter Filkins / News Desk:
What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden
Bill Adair / PolitiFact:
In 2008, Obama vowed to kill Osama bin Laden
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:   Poll: Americans were skeptical bin Laden would be captured or killed
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rumsfeld: Intel about bin Laden could have come from Gitmo
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden dead: body buried at sea
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Pakistani Twitterer Unknowingly Live-Tweets Assault on Osama bin Laden Compound
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
President's Vow Fulfilled
The White House:
Remarks by the President on Osama Bin Laden East Room
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  Raid that got bin Laden was culmination …
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Typo: MSNBC correspondent accidentally reports on Twitter that ‘Obama’ killed
Scott / Power Line:
Osama bin gone: Stephen Hunter comments
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Bin Laden — Ne Requiescat in Pace
Discussion: Power Line
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
What Osama bin Laden's Death Means
Discussion: The Daily Dish, Marbury and Yglesias
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Death of a Failure  —  For months after 9/11, people watched planes.
Discussion: News Desk, National Review and Reuters
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden killed: how the deadly US raid unfolded
Discussion: Clusterstock
Daily Mail:
RISE OF THE FACE OF TERROR
Ryan Brenizer:
Osama is Dead; Photos from a historic party at Ground Zero  —  On a gorgeous September day almost ten years ago, I had just started my morning as the editor-in-chief of an upstate newspaper when one of my reporters told me a plane had hit the World Trade Center.
Discussion: Althouse
The News International:
Chopper crashes, three blasts heard near PMA Kakul  —  ABBOTTABAD: Three loud blasts were heard near the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul Road late Sunday night and a military helicopter also crashed.  Sources told Geo News that heavy firing was heard in the area before the chopper crashed.
Erin Einhorn / NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg has solution to immigration problem: Make them live in Detroit  —  Mayor Bloomberg has a fix for the nation's immigration debate: Send 'em to Detroit.  —  “If I were the federal government,” Bloomberg told David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday morning.
 
 
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