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Look | Front Pages: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

Monday, May 02, 2011 - 12:20 PM

WNYC's Lisa Chow reports that newspapers may be struggling financially, but at least on Monday, they saw a big uptick in sales because of news of Osama bin Laden's death. The New York Times says it printed 200,000 copies for news stands in the city, more than double its usual number. The New York Post printed almost 100,000 extra copies yesterday, 20 percent more than its daily circulation.

"GOT HIM" - "ROT IN HELL" - "DEAD" - Take a look at newspaper front pages from around the region and how they covered the news of Osama bin Laden's death.

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New Yorkers Flock to Ground Zero After Osama Bin Laden's Death: Throngs of New Yorkers — many waving American flags and erupting in chants of "U-S-A!" — gathered at Ground Zero following the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces nearly 10 years after the terror mastermind brought down the Twin Towers.

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