The Financial Times has some troubling news for Hollywood: "Sales of new DVDs have collapsed, falling 20 percent [below the year-ag quarter] and presenting a significant challenge for Hollywood film studios, according to figures released on Monday."
Mississippi River water began rushing across tens of thousands of acres of Missouri farmland on Tuesday after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intentionally blew up a large section of a levee in hopes of preventing catastrophic flooding in Illinois.
The Army Corps exploded the Birds Point levee near Wyatt, Mo., after nightfall Monday, potentially sacrificing 130,000 acres of rich farmland and about 100 homes in Missouri to spare the town of Cairo, Ill., with its 2,800 residents, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
President Obama's job approval rating "has jumped in the wake of [Osama] bin Laden's killing," the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press just reported. It says that "in the one-day survey, 56% say they approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president while 38% disapprove. Last month, Obama's job rating was about evenly divided — 47% approved, 45% disapproved."
A Pakistani man reads a newspaper with the front page displaying news of the death of Osama bin Laden at a stall in Lahore on May 3.
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Pakistani media and local residents gather outside the compound. Revelations that bin Laden had been hiding here, possibly for years, have embarrassed Pakistan's military and intelligence establishment.
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The compound is surrounded by high walls topped with razor wire. Neighbors say it's the biggest house in the area.
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The compound appeared to be well-supplied with electricity, although there was no phone or Internet service in the home.
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Neighbors say the people in the compound did not engage with locals and were rarely seen.
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Debris is seen in the cabbage patch beside the compound, possibly from the helicopter that U.S. officials said malfunctioned during the raid on the al-Qaida chief's hideout.
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Bin Laden was killed by a small team of U.S. Navy special forces during a 40-minute operation at the compound.
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A U.S. military helicopter is seen near bin Laden's hideout after experiencing mechanical difficulties. There were no reported U.S. casualties.
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Pakistani army soldiers move a destroyed helicopter from bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad.
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The compound, valued around a million dollars, was guarded by two security gates.
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Osama bin Laden's compound is seen in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, after the U.S. military raid early Monday that ended with the death of the al-Qaida leader.
Osama bin Laden was not armed but tried to resist an assault by U.S. commandoes at the compound in Pakistan where he was hidden, the White House said Tuesday.
Osama bin Laden's death continues dominating global headlines. In the U.S., politicians are considering how this event might affect them and their parties. Host Michel Martin breaks down the political implications of the raid on bin Laden with Atlanta Journal Constitution's Cynthia Tucker and U.S. News and World Report's Mary Kate Cary.
