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Morning Read: Osama Bin Laden

2012: “Donald could do better than whats-his-name who’s there now.” [Cindy Adams]

2012: NYS professors aren’t putting their money on Trump. [Jackil Wang]

Bin Laden: “Justice has been done,” said Obama. [Helene Cooper]

Bin Laden: “Momentous achievement” said G. W. Bush. [Joyce Chen]

Bin Laden: “no Americans were harmed and after a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden,” said Obama. [New York Post]

Bin Laden: “[W]hat does this mean for President Obama’s political prospects? I don’t think very much.” [Nick Kristof]

Bin Laden: The man who live-tweeted the attack; @reallyvirtual, aka, Sohaib Athar. [Shefail Anand]

Hiding Bin Laden: “The property was valued at $1 million, but it had neither a telephone nor an Internet connection. Its residents were so concerned about security that they burned their trash rather putting it on the street for collection like their neighbors.” [NY Times]

Fallout: NYPD on alert for retaliation. [Daily News]

Fallout: ” I just can’t find it in me to be glad one more person is dead, even if it is Osama Bin Laden,” said a 9/1/11 survivor. [Elizabeth Harris]

Celebrations: “It puts a smile on everybody’s face for a night,” said an NYPD sergeant. [DNAinfo]

Celebrations: “You can sort of hear the silent cheers of 3,000 ghosts,” said one man near Ground Zero. [Andrew Grossman]

Immigration: “[O]ur nation cannot afford to wait for Washington to get its act together and pass comprehensive immigration reform.” [Michael Bloomberg]

Immigration: It can help repopulate Detroit, says Bloomberg. [Erin Einhorn]

Property Tax Cap: Partner at Skelos’ law firm says GOP didn’t want it becoming law. [Fred Dicker]

Trump: “I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist,” says Turmp. [Michael Barbaro]

And Hope Reichbach: Many mourn her passing. [Aaron Short]

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