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  • If you were Osama bin Laden and you wanted to hide in plain sight at a place where no one would suspect, you might pick Abbottabad, Pakistan.
  • Many hope the death of Al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden will mean a safer world, but concerns remain that his death may spur sympathizers to avenge him. Host Michel Martin discusses the new risks of a post-Bin Laden era with Clark Kent Ervin, the first inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security.
  • The architect of the Sept. 11 attacks was killed yesterday by U.S. forces in Pakistan. Host Michel Martin discusses the impact of the death with Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star, and Abderrahim Foukara, Washington bureau chief for Al Jazeera International..
  • Researchers are finding that hoarding worsens with age. They're also learning that one of the best ways to help hoarders is to slowly build trust and organizing skills, rather than doing massive clean-outs.
  • Crowds gathered at Ground Zero and outside of the White House after news of Osama bin Laden's death spread, waving flags and singing the national anthem. And across the Middle East, this development will affect U.S. relationships.
  • Former Secretary of State Colin Powell talks about the ramifications of Osama bin Laden's death. And amid a shakeup in the country's national security team, guests discuss the changing roles of the national security community and how the news is playing out in Washington.
  • Analysts say the poll just confirms what the Arab uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia had already proven.
  • The U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden in a heavily fortified compound in Abottobad, Pakistan was the final act of an intelligence and military operation that began in the summer of 2010. Bin Laden's death will have significant ramifications for the operations and future of al Qaida.
  • The entire operation on the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, lasted just 40 minutes. Here, look at how the events unfolded.
  • "When we started," says Susan Stamberg, "there was war in Vietnam, demonstrations against that war, the voting age was lowered to 18, the Beatles had broken up and in the air ... as well as on our air ... a sweetly notable absence of irony."
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