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[Updated 10:01 p.m. ET] CNN's Chris Lawrence explains, step by step, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden early Monday at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan:
[Updated 9:30 p.m. ET] Addressing a group of congressional leaders at the White House this evening, President Barack Obama said that when Americans learned of Osama bin Laden's death, "I think we experienced the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11."
"We were reminded again that there is a pride in what this nation stands for and what we can achieve that runs far deeper than party, far deeper than politics," Obama said. "I want to again recognize the heroes who carried out this incredibly dangerous mission as well as all the military and counterterrorism professionals who made the mission possible."
THE OPERATION: Attack details | Timeline | In plain sight | The compound
THE REACTION: U.S. | World | Middle East | Healing wounds | Your thoughts
THE MAN: Bin Laden, over the years | Face of terror | Ideology lives on| His life
THE SECURITY ISSUES: What's next for al Qaeda | A deathblow to al Qaeda?
THE POLITICS: A victory for Obama, U.S. | Re-election impact?
THE ANNOUNCEMENT: Obama: Justice done | Watch | Transcript
THE PAKISTANIS: What did Pakistan know? | Pakistan's role?
[Updated 9:10 p.m. ET] A senior U.S. official says that the woman who has killed during the raid on the compound where Osama bin Laden was found was not a wife of bin Laden, and that she may not have been used as a human shield as previously reported. A wife was there, according to an official, but not killed.
Earlier Monday, John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, told reporters that it was his understanding that the woman who was killed was one of bin Laden's wives. Other officials had said that the woman who died was used as a human shield in an attempt to protect bin Laden.
[Updated 8:48 p.m. ET] Time magazine contributor Omar Waraich says he spoke to Sohaib Athar, an Abbottabad resident and software engineer who unknowingly reported, on Twitter, details of Monday morning's raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Athar had written on Twitter that, among other things, he was hearing a helicopter hovering above Abbottabad.
"When he found out (the commotion was because of) Osama bin Laden, he said to me it was quite ironic," Waraich told CNN's John King. "He said he had left his native city of Lahore, the second largest city in Pakistan, for the quiet of Abbottabad so he could escape suicide bombings and the sounds of explosions rattling his home and frightening himself and his wife. And he said the ultimate irony was that (in) this quiet place he'd moved to, he had found Osama bin Laden as a neighbor."
[Updated 8:27 p.m. ET] A Time magazine contributor says people with whom he spoke in Abbottabad - the Pakistani city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed early Monday - seemed surprised at the news that the al Qaeda leader had been there.
"When they found out that it was Osama bin Laden in (the compound), expressions just ranged from varying degrees of incredulity," Time contributor Omar Waraich told CNN's John King.
Waraich said people he spoke to in Abbottabad seemed neither ecstatic nor saddened that United States forces had killed bin Laden.
"In fact, Osama bin Laden seemed a bit of a mystery to them throughout the time that they've heard of him. They had heard, they said, that he was in Pakistan, but they didn't imagine where, and certainly if they thought he would be in Pakistan, he would be in the tribal areas, some distance away from them," Waraich said.
[Updated 7:28 p.m. ET] More details about Monday morning's raid that killed Osama bin Laden at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, according to a U.S. official: Four helicopters were involved in the operation, but not all were on the ground.
About two dozen commandos were involved in the operation on the ground, the U.S. official said.
Officials don't know how long bin Laden was at the compound, which was completed in 2005, but they believe it was built especially for him, the U.S. official said. The U.S. intelligence community never saw bin Laden in or around the compound before the raid, according to the official.
[Updated 7:15 p.m. ET] U.S. forces shot Osama bin Laden first in the chest, and then in the head during Monday morning's raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a senior U.S. administration official said, according to CNN's Ed Henry. Previously, CNN had reported that bin Laden was shot only in the head.
[Updated 7:12 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama will travel to New York City on Thursday to visit the site of the former World Trade Center and meet with families of those who died in the September 11 attacks, a senior White House official said.
[Updated 6:02 p.m. ET] A U.S. official said multiple options were considered before settling on the assault that killed Osama bin Laden early Monday at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
"A bombing would not have risked American lives but it might have left questions" as to whether bin Laden was killed, the official said. National security officials widely agreed "the best option is the one that gives proof," the official said.
A U.S. official says the United States' codename for bin Laden was "Geronimo." [Edit, 8:55 p.m. ET]: A senior administration official said later that "Geronimo" was code for the act of capturing or killing bin Laden, not the man himself.
[Updated 5:54 p.m. ET] The United Nations Security Council "welcomes the news on May 1, 2011, that Osama bin Laden will never again be able to perpetrate ... acts of terrorism, and reaffirms that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or group," the Security Council's current president, French ambassador Gerard Araud, said during a council session in New York on Monday.
"The Security Council recognizes this critical development and other accomplishments made in the fight against terrorism and urges all states to remain vigilant and intensify their efforts in the fight against terrorism," Araud said.
[Updated 5:35 p.m. ET] More from this afternoon's media briefing by John Brennan, President Barack Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism: When asked whether the U.S. forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden picked up any documentation in the compound, Brennan said the Americans took time to "acquire whatever material we thought was appropriate and what was needed."
"We are in the process right now of looking at whatever might have been picked up," Brennan said. "But I'm not going to go into details about what might have been acquired. We feel as though this is a very important time to continue to prosecute this effort against al Qaeda, take advantage of the success of yesterday, and to continue to work to break the back of al Qaeda."
[Updated 4:38 p.m. ET] U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters Monday afternoon that news of Osama bin Laden's death "unified our country in much the same way" that the September 11 attacks did.
"Our fight for freedom and liberty around the globe continues. We face a complex and dangerous threat even today. It's important that we remain vigiliant in our efforts to defeat terrorist enemies and to protect the American people. This makes our engagements in Pakistan and Afghanistan more important, not less," Boehner said.
"I want to congratulate and thank the hard-working men and women of the United States armed services," Boehner added. "I want to thank all of those involved in the intelligence community for their tireless efforts and perseverance that led to this successful evening. I also want to commend President Obama and President Bush for all their efforts to bring Osama bin Laden to justice."
[Updated 4:10 p.m. ET] The United States expects that a recording from Osama bin Laden - made before he was killed, with the intention that his supporters would distribute it upon his death - will be released, a U.S. official has told CNN.
[Updated 3:34 p.m. ET] John Brennan, President Barack Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism, says it's his understanding that a woman who was used as a human shield in an attempt to protect Osama bin Laden was one of bin Laden's wives.
Officials have said that a woman who was used as a shield by a male combatant was one of four people besides bin Laden who were killed during U.S. forces' assault on a compound early Monday in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Brennan said it is his understanding that the woman was one of bin Laden's wives, and that she "reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin Laden from the incoming fire."
[Updated 3:16 p.m. ET] Will anyone get the up to $25 million bounty that the United States had put on Osama bin Laden? CNNMoney's Ben Rooney looks into it.
[Updated 2:38 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday that the elimination of Osama bin Laden is "a strategic blow" to al Qaeda.
"It is a necessary but not necessarily sufficient blow to lead to its demise," said John Brennan, Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism.
[Updated 2:33 p.m. ET] President Obama and his top intelligence and military officials were able to monitor in a "real-time basis" the progress of the operation on Osama bin Laden's compound, the president's top counterterrorism adviser said.
"It was probably one of the most anxiety filled periods of time I think in the lives of the people who were assembled here yesterday. The minutes passed like days and the president was very concerned about the security of our personnel," John Brennan said. "That is what was on his mind throughout and we wanted to make sure that we would get through this and accomplish the mission. But it was clearly very tense. A lot of people holding their breath."
Brennan said "there was a tremendous sigh of relief" when they believed bin Laden was in fact at the compound.
[Updated 2:30 p.m. ET] A woman shielded Osama bin Laden from gunfire during the assault by U.S. forces, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday.
"There was a female who was in fact in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin Laden from the incoming fire," said John Brennan, Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism.
Brennan said it was his understanding that bin Laden picked up a weapon and was killed in the firefight with the U.S. forces carrying out the assault.
"He was engaged in a firefight," Brennan said of bin Laden. "Whether or not he got off any rounds, I don't know."
[Updated 2:21 p.m. ET] The decision by President Barack Obama to launch the assault that killed Osama bin Laden was one of the "gutsiest" calls by any president in recent memory, Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday.
John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said that despite intelligence indicating that bin Laden was in the compound in Pakistan, there was no certainty the al Qaeda leader was actually there.
Obama "made what I believe was one of the ... gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory," Brennan said.
[Updated 2:08 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday that it was "inconceivable" that Osama bin Laden did not have some kind of support system in Pakistan that allowed him to live in hiding there.
John Brennan, the president's assistant on homeland security and counterterrorism, refused to speculate on what kind of support bin Laden might have received, or whether the Pakistani government or official Pakistani institutions had any role.
[Updated 1:39 p.m. ET] Officials compared DNA of the person killed at the Abbottabad compound with bin Laden "family DNA" to determine that the 9/11 mastermind had in fact been killed, a senior administration official said.
Four others in the compound also were killed. One of them was bin Laden's adult son, and another was a woman being used as a shield by a male combatant, officials said.
[Updated 12:39 p.m. ET] The compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces is located a bit more than 1,000 yards from a Pakistan Military Academy, raising some questions about how much information the Pakistan military may have had about his whereabouts.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, said during a press conference that the Pakistani army has "a lot of explaining to do."
[Updated 12:27 p.m. ET] Senior defense officials said that for a majority of the 40 minute operation at the Abbottobad compound, special forces were involved in a firefight - clearing their way through two other floors before they reached Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden was not killed until the last five to ten minutes of the firefight, officials said.
Bin Laden and his family lived on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the 3-story building, and those floors were cleared last, the official said. The official says one of bin Laden's own wives identified his body to U.S. forces, after the team made visual identification themselves.
U.S. forces also recovered what a senior Intelligence official is calling "quite a bit of material."
"There's a robust collection of materials we need to sift through, and we hope to find valuable intelligence that will lead us to other players in al Qaeda," a senior intelligence official said.
The official added a Task Force has been set up "because of the sheer volume of material collected. That material is currently being exploited and analyzed."
[Updated 12:25 p.m. ET] A soldier in a special forces unit based in Georgia told CNN on Monday that while the news of Osama bin Laden's death is cause for celebration, elite military units have sprang into high alert.
"A lot of guys got their security clearances elevated due to what happened last night," said Lamont, who didn't give his last name because of what he said were security reasons. "I lot of people got called back" overseas, he said, adding that his unit already was scheduled for deployment as early as two weeks ago.
[Updated 12:22 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea according to Islamic law because no country was willing or able to take his body for burial on land, senior Defense officials said.
"When there is no land alternative, Islamic law dictates that the body be buried within 24 hours, and that was the basis," one official said. "
A second senior Defense official said there was no country willing or able to accept the body for burial, and U.S. forces "took pains to observe Muslim law."
"Today's religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian sea. The ceremony started at 1:10am and finished at 2:10am ET," the second official said. "Procedures for Islamic body were followed. The body was washed and placed in a white sheet. A military official read prepared remarks, which were then translated into Arabic by a native speaker. The body of Osama bin Laden was placed on a flat board, which was then tipped up, and allowed to slide into the sea."
[Updated 12:16 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama said Monday that he thinks "we can all agree this is a good day for America."
"Our country kept its commitment to see that justice is done," he said. The world, he said, is a better place because of the death of Osama bin Laden.
The successful operation to kill bin Laden reminds Americans that there is "nothing we can't do" when we work together, he said. That spirit, he said, is seen in the patriotic crowds that have gathered across the country.
"We're reminded that we're fortunate to have Americans who have dedicated their lives to protecting ours," he said. "As commander-in-chief, I could not be prouder."
[Updated 11:16 am. ET] A DNA match confirms Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. operation, a senior administration official told CNN Monday.
[Updated 11:09 am. ET] As the assault on bin Laden's compound commenced, the United States had a number of U.S. aircraft flying protective missions, according to a senior U.S. military official. None of the aircraft entered Pakistani airspace but they were prepared to do so if needed, the official told CNN.
These included fixed wing fighter jets that would have provided firepower if the team came under opposition fire it could not handle. There were also armed and unarmed Predator drones providing additional firepower as well as surveillance. The Air Force also had a full team of combat search and rescue helicopters including MH-53 Pave Low and HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters flying.
[Updated at 11:07 a.m.] Pakistanis passed along raw phone-tap data to the United States that eventually led to Osama bin Laden's killing, but they failed to analyze or interpret the information themselves, a Pakistani intelligence official told CNN.
The details of what Pakistanis did or didn't know or do about the daring American operation to kill bin Laden - from intelligence gathering to the execution of the raid - remained unclear Monday.
But the intelligence official said that information about bin Laden and the people in the compound where he stayed "slipped from" Pakistan's "radar" over the months.
The intelligence official said Pakistan regularly passed along intelligence of interest to Americans.
The official did not say over what period the data was collected, but noted that from September the United States "was concentrating on this."
He added that much of the focus was on a courier coming and going to the compound. He did not give the courier's nationality or name.
Osama bin Laden was not in contact with other militant networks while he was there and maintained "an invisible footprint," the official said.
Of the raid, he said, "I think they came in undetected and went out the same day."
He added Pakistan officials do not think there were any U.S. intelligence personnel on the ground ahead of the special operations forces.
[Updated 10:55 a.m. ET] A U.S. official disputed reports that bin Laden had altered his appearance to avoid recognition.
The official said Bin Laden was recognizable on scene. He was "not transformed somehow."
A visual ID was made, there were photo comparisons and other facial recognition used to identify him, the official said. A second official said that in addition to DNA there was full biometric analysis of facial and body features.
[Updated 10:50 a.m. ET] There was no indication bin Laden was going to surrender when the U.S. launched its operation, a U.S. official said.
"There was no evidence they tried to surrender," the official told CNN. "The order going in was to get UBL (Osama bin Laden)"
"All of the contingency planning was that we would encounter heavy resistance," the U.S. official said. "That is what we expected and what happened. Obviously if everybody had put there hands up and surrendered we would have taken them but that did not happen and we did not expect it."
That assumption bore itself out, the official said.
"We encountered resistance upon entering the compound," CNN was told.
A second U.S. official says the president's order was always to capture or kill bin Laden. The second official said the assumption all along was there would be no surrender by the al Qaeda leader.
The official said that the mission was originally supposed to happen on Saturday, but would not discuss why it was delayed until Sunday.
[Updated 9:56 a.m. ET] Posters to some of the radical websites that bin Laden's terrorist network used to speak to the world celebrated him as a martyr and vowed the group will continue despite its leader's death.
"Congratulations for dying as a martyr and a fighter in the sake of Allah," one poster wrote.
"We won't cry today, but we will revenge. Men and women in America will cry." another post read, echoing warnings from Western leaders that the terrorist network will almost certainly move to avenge bin Laden's death.
The sites, frequented by radical Islamists who subscribed to bin Laden's philosophies, have played a significant role in attracting and radicalizing potential terror recruits and the broader radical Islamist community and have been frequently used by al Qaeda and its affiliates to broadcast statements.
Many of the posters reacting to bin Laden's death referred to him as a "shaheed," or martyr. One was headlined "The Lion of Jihad was killed in a fierce battle."
[Updated 9:56 a.m. ET] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the death of Osama bin Laden sends a message to the Taliban in Afghanistan that "you cannot wait us out. You cannot defeat us. But you can make the choice to abandon al Qaeda" and participate in a peaceful political process.
Bin Laden's death comes at a time of "great movements toward freedom and democracy" in the Middle East and elsewhere, she said.
"There is no better rebuke to al Qaeda and its heinous ideology," she said. "The fight continues and we will never waiver."
Some doubted bin Laden would ever be caught, she said, but "this is America. ... We persevere, and we get the job done."
[Updated 9:45 a.m. ET] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that "Osama bin Laden is dead and justice has been done."
"I want to offer my thoughts and prayers" to families of those killed due to bin Laden's campaign of terror, she said.
His attacks showed "no value for human life or regard for human dignity," she said. But now "justice has been served."
Clinton offered thanks to military, diplomatic, and security officials who launched "broad, deep, very impressive effort" to hunt down bin Laden as part of the anti-terror campaign.
"We must take this opportunity to renew our resolve and redouble our effort" in Afghanistan and elsewhere, she said.
[Updated 9:19 a.m. ET] Terrorists "almost certainly will attempt to avenge" the death of Osama bin Laden, CIA Director Leon Panetta said in a message sent to agency employees.
[Updated 8:52 a.m. ET] The operation targeting Osama bin Laden was designed and executed as an operation to kill him, rather than to take him alive, a U.S. government official tells CNN.
[Updated 8:40 a.m. ET] Pakistan's ambassador to the United States said both countries "cooperated in making sure" that the operation leading to Osama bin Laden's death was "successful." Husain Haqqani told CNN's "American Morning" that President Barack Obama called Pakistan's president to thank him for Pakistan's cooperation.
[Updated, 8:12 a.m. ET] The operation that led to Osama bin Laden's death was American action, a Pakistani official told CNN. "We assisted only in terms of authorization of the helicopter flights in our airspace," said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the issue. "In any event, we did not want anything to do with such an operation in case something went wrong," the official said.
[Updated, 7:30 a.m. ET] A U.S. government official tells CNN that DNA matching is underway on the samples from the body of Osama bin Laden. The matching has not been completed, but there are photographs of the body with a gunshot wound to the side of the head that shows an individual that is not unrecognizable as bin Laden.
No decision has yet been made on whether to release the photographs and if so, when and how.
[Updated, 5:38 a.m. ET] For much of the world, Osama bin Laden was the face of al Qaeda. He was, after all, the man who oversaw the September 11, 2001, attacks.
With bin Laden gone, the question now becomes "What happens to al Qaeda?"
Within hours of bin Laden's death, questions began to emerge about who would take the helm of the organization and whether it would create an opportunity for other Islamic organizations to step up.
"Al Qaeda is weakened. But it doesn't mean that the United States has no challenges," Steven L. Spiegel, director for Middle East development at the University of California Los Angeles, said early Monday.
[Updated, 5:22 a.m. ET] Diana Massaroli, whose husband Michael was killed on September 11, 2001 when a jet plane slammed into the World Trade Center, said the death of bin Laden helped give her closure.
"I'm missing him, but I feel that justice has been done," she said at ground zero, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, holding a picture of Michael.
"I feel some overall calm that I haven't felt in 10 years. I never thought it would happen... never thought it would give me a feeling of closure," she said.
But, she added, "I feel better... like I can start a new chapter in my life."
[Updated, 3:36 a.m. ET] Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday he hopes the world believes that his country is "not the place of terrorism," hours after the United States announced that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in neighboring Pakistan.
"If the international troops are the true allies of Afghans, now they should come up to say that killing of the Afghans, women, children and elders was not a good idea in the last many years as it was happening on a daily basis," Karzai said on RTA TV.
[Updated, 3:12 a.m. ET] A U.S. official said that Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea. The official said his body was handled in the Islamic tradition, but did not elaborate.
[Updated, 2:31 a.m. ET] U.S. officials said they used facial imaging and other methods to identify the body of Osama bin Laden.
One official said it was clear to the assault force that the body matched bin Laden's description, but they used "facial recognition work, amongst other things, to confirm the identity."
A senior national security official said that they had multiple confirmations that the body was bin Laden, saying they had the "ability to run images of the body and the face."
The national security official would not confirm if DNA testing was performed.
[Updated, 2:15 a.m. ET] The leader of an Afghanistan opposition party on Monday said the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden proves that Pakistan is a "haven" for terror groups.
U.S. forces killed bin Laden in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
"Killing of Osama bin Laden is pleasant news for Afghans, and now it's proven that al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are not based in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a haven for them," said Abdullah Abdullah, the leader of the Hope and Change political party in Afghanistan.
[Updated, 1:56 a.m. ET] The United States' Department of Homeland Security did not immediately raise the terror-threat level in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, a department official told CNN early Monday.
"We remain at a heightened state of vigilance. Secretary (Janet) Napolitano has been clear since announcing the NTAS (National Terrorism Advisory System) in January that we will only issue alerts when we have specific or credible information to convey to the American public," the official said.
[Updated, 1:42 a.m. ET] Former President George W. Bush said of the death of Osama bin Laden: "This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done."
[Updated, 1:36 a.m. ET] As news of bin Laden's death reached people via cell phones late Sunday, thousands of fans at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game chanted "USA! USA!" in the ninth inning of a Phillies-Mets game.
[Updated, 1:26 a.m. ET] A congressional source familiar with the operation that killed Osama bin Laden confirmed that the terror mastermind was shot in the head during the U.S. raid, according to a briefing the source received, CNN's Dana Bash reports.
The source would not go into details of others who were killed, except to say the operation was conducted carefully to avoid harming women and children.
Asked if there is any intelligence that shows whether bin Laden's death could trigger pre-planned attacks, the source said no, but added there is obvious concern about retaliation.
[Updated, 1:14 a.m. ET] Video from Pakistan's Geo TV is showing a fire at what apparently is the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound where U.S. President Barack Obama said a "small team of Americans" launched a firefight Sunday that resulted in Osama bin Laden's death.
Here is the video:
[Updated, 1:08 a.m. ET] Crowds continue to celebrate Osama bin Laden's death at the site of the former World Trade Center in New York and outside the White House in Washington.
One of the celebrants in New York, retired New York City police officer Bob Gibson, said he knew people who died in the September 11 attacks.
"I never thought this night would come, where we would actually capture or kill bin Laden, and thank the lord, he's been eliminated, to put it politely," Gibson told CNN's Jason Carroll. "A lot of us .. gave up. But it did come, and a lot of us are overjoyed that it happened."
[Updated, 12:54 a.m. ET] CNN's Chris Lawrence, citing U.S. officials, reports that the compound where bin Laden was found - in Abbotabad, Pakistan, about 100 kilometers outside Pakistan's capital of Islamabad - was three stories tall, and about eight times larger than any of the buildings around it.
An official said a "small U.S. team" was involved in the operation at the compound - the official would not confirm any U.S. military involvement. An official said bin Laden resisted the assault - and was killed in the firefight.
Three other men were killed in the firefight, and a woman being used as a human shield was also killed, the officials said. There were no U.S. casualties, the officials said. The U.S. team was at the compound for about 40 minutes, officials said.
A U.S. helicopter crashed during the raid because of mechanical reasons, an official said. It was destroyed, the officials said.
[Updated, 12:54 a.m. ET] A senior administration official told reporters that U.S. President Barack Obama's administration did not share intelligence gathered before the attack on bin Laden in Pakistan with any other country - including Pakistan - for security reasons.
The official said that only a small group of people inside the U.S. government knew about this operation targeting Osama bin Laden in advance.
[Updated, 12:44 a.m. ET] Many hundreds of people have gathered at the former World Trade Center site in New York City, cheering news of Osama bin Laden's death.
Chants of "USA! USA!" are coming from the crowd.
"It's just the most out-of body experience to feel so involved in history, this such a historic moment for our country right now," a woman told CNN's Jason Carroll.
[Updated, 12:35 a.m. ET] The U.S. State Department warned Americans living abroad of "enhanced potential for anti-American violence" following the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The announcement was made in a worldwide travel alert issued early Monday.
[Updated, 12:24 a.m. ET] A team of U.S. Navy SEALs carried out the operation in Pakistan that ended in the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, CNN's Chris Lawrence reported. The operation lasted about 40 minutes, and the team had practiced the raid a few times.
Earlier, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh, citing a senior Pakistani intelligence official, reported that members of Pakistan's intelligence service - the ISI - were on site in Abbotabad, Pakistan, during the operation that killed bin Laden. The official said he did not know who fired the shot that actually killed Bin Laden.
[Updated, 12:11 a.m. ET] Members of Pakistan's intelligence service - the ISI - were on site in Abbotabad, Pakistan, during the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports, citing a senior Pakistani intelligence official. The official said he did not know who fired the shot that actually killed Bin Laden.
[Updated, 12:06 a.m. ET] The crowd celebrating bin Laden's death outside the White House has grown significantly. Lots of cheering and waving of the U.S. flag.
Here is video of the crowd:
[Updated, 11:59 p.m. ET] More detail on where Osama bin Laden was killed: Forces killed him at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after a firefight, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
Cooperation with Pakistan helped lead U.S. forces to Osama bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding, President Barack Obama said.
Obama said he ordered the attack after he decided last week that the United States had actionable intelligence that bin Laden was in the compound.
[Updated, 11:56 p.m. ET] U.S. diplomatic facilities around the world were placed on high alert following the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death, a senior U.S. official said. The U.S. State Department should be sending out a new "worldwide caution" for Americans shortly.
[Updated, 11:44 p.m. ET] Bin Laden was killed in a military operation in Pakistan that U.S. President Barack Obama ordered today, Obama said.
Obama said he was told last August that the United States had developed a possible lead on bin Laden - intelligence on bin Laden hiding in a compound in Pakistan. Obama said he determined last week that the United States had actionable intelligence.
"Today at my direction, the United States directed a targeted operation against that compound," Obama said.
Bin Laden was killed after a firefight, and forces took custody of his body, the president said. No Americans were harmed, Obama said.
[Updated, 11:36 p.m. ET] U.S. President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead.
"Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that has killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda," Obama said.
[Updated, 11:33 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden was killed by a "U.S. military asset," according to a senior U.S. official.
Earlier, a senior U.S. official says bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation shortly.
[Updated, 11:20 p.m. ET] A crowd that has gathered outside the White House is singing the national anthem, within an hour after reports that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed.
The group also chanted, "USA! USA!" and "Hey, hey, goodbye!" in reference to bin Laden.
A senior U.S. official says bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation shortly.
[Updated, 11:15 p.m. ET] Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members, a senior U.S. official tells CNN.
Congressional and administration sources say U.S. officials have the body of bin Laden. Further details around his death were not immediately available.
Bin Laden was the leader of al Qaeda, the terrorist network behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation shortly.
[Updated, 10:55 p.m. ET] A woman whose mother was killed on American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11 expressed "relief" over reports that Osama bin Laden is dead.
In an e-mail to CNN, Carrie Lemack said: "Cannot express how this feels to my family, but relief is one word. We hope we can now focus on all that that madman took, namely nearly 3,000 + innocent victims, and not on him."
[Updated, 10:55 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden is dead, sources told CNN Sunday night.
Congressional and administration sources say U.S. officials have the body of bin Laden, who was reportedly killed in Afghanistan. The details about his death were not immediately available.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation shortly.
[Updated, 10:45 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden is dead, CNN's John King reported Sunday night, citing sources.
[Initial post, 10:09 p.m. ET] U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to make a statement Sunday night, tentatively at 10:30 p.m., the White House said. The subject of his address was not known.
Obama is expected to address national security in his speech, a source said.
What kind of ppl celebrate??? The same kind of people of watched as his people celebrated the over 3,000 deaths of the innocent!
Because his people celebrated the deaths of thousands of Americans doesn't make it right to celebrate his death. An eye for an eye will do nothing but leave everyone blind. I see why Jesus said not many will make it into the kingdom of heaven. Our people, globally, are fundamentally misguided.
His people celebrated the death of the INNOCENT! The thousands of Americans are celebrating the death of he who symbolizes the idea of evil. I'm sorry, but I would rather be celebrating the death of bin Laden, then for our nation to continue living in fear for another decade simply because we don't know when or where bin Laden will strike again.
stacy as i sit here watching the news on the arrgument about showing osama bin ladens pictuer it really upsets me.it brought to min the song and country vidio that country singer darryl worley made after 911 called have you forgotten.if every one in america would watch and listen to the song thay would all think about how our loved ones were showen on tv jumping out windows and burning in building.have thay forgotten how the people over their cheered in the streets after what happend .i for one have not forgotten and i never will our president did the right thing and im proud of him and all of our men and woman who gave their lifes and the ones who are still fighting today.i feel very strongly about the pictuers of him but in due time when our men and woman are home safe on us ground.god bless the u.s.a.
He died a merciful death. The same can NOT be said for his victims
he died a cowards death. hiding in plain sight inside a fortress and in the last moments of his life he didn't choose to face his inevitable fate like a man. He chose to use a helpless woman as a human shield in order to prolong his date with destruction.
I enjoy the death of Osama, as Merl would say "If you don't love it leave it" and just go away
Glad hes dead. Only sad part is I wasnt able to do it.
Ephesians 4:26-27 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil
i think the U.S. really wanted to kill osama bin laden from being a terrorist and now we dont have to worry about him
anxious to here what jesee ventura has to say??
anxious to hear what jessee ventura has to say??
Bin Laden did not deserve to die that quick. He should be tormented, and to die in agonizing pain....
Bin Laden did not deserve that quick death. He should be tormented first, and to kill him slowly....so he woulld suffer slow and agonizing pain until he dies
All the family members of Osama Bin Laden took Visa for Pakistan from various Pakistan high commission in abroad. in that way Pakistan Govt knew everything and where about of Osama bin Laden. Visa of Osama bin Laden were sponsored by Pakistan Govt.
Ok, bin Laden & William Cooper dead, now we need Bush in ICC since william Copper told the secret of 9/11 before Bush carried it. William Cooper told it & it will be blamed to bin Laden. Why are you passing to other leaders but you fearing bring Bush to justice? Bush & secret agent were the one did 9/11 & he took USA & NATO in wars yet many still dying there. Bush must be bring to justice for those dead in 9/11 & in Afghan & iraq. Please let us agree with Milton William Cooper about his prediction that was why he was murder by Bush adiministration to keep him quit from telling the true.
I'm glad he's dead. I saw a bumper sticker here in Cleveland that said "It's up to God to forgive Osama. It's up to us to arrange the meeting" – Wonder what Osama and God talked about at the pearly gates before he was hurled down to hell?
Thank those Seals and Delta Forces who accomplished this while being grateful to our county but keep the news and want a bees out of it. Let the government get on with those dangers to us. Let us stop supporting those killing us by our continued arm chairing the actions of those supporting us. He is dead and it is a good thing for our county, lets get on with american affirs and interest.
Wed. 3:15. Watching broadcast from the White House and the more I watch this White House tap dance the more I don't believe them. Every update they give they change the facts. We killed Bin Laden, we just won't give you any proof. Now they won't release ANY pictures to prove their claim. They claim they are too graffic. Give me a break. You see much more graffic scenes on t.v. every day. They also say it might anger other Moslums. We shot and killed Bin Laden, like his picture will tick them off anymore! The White House should be on DANCING WITH THE STARS, they would win for sure.


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Saving money and sharing floss on 'Extreme Cheapskates'
Now I like a bargain but compared to the savers on "Extreme Cheapskates," I am a complete amateur. And also, I'm not crazy. Yes, it would be nice to save money on toiletries but I draw the line at sharing my piece of floss with my husband. This is apparently not a line that extreme cheapskates draw—something I learned after watching a cheap couple's bathroom routine on this show from TLC. First, they take a two minute shower together to save money on their water bill. (Not too crazy). But then they use the same razor to shave and later, the same toothbrush. The wife also lathers her shampoo first and then throws some suds onto the husband's head so they collectively use a tiny amount to wash their hair. (Getting a little crazier). By the time they get to the shared floss, I've decided they are full on cray-cray and I'm completely hooked on this series.
The people on "Extreme Cheapskates" don't just tell, they show and showing the extremes they will go to save money is funny, surprising and sometimes kind of gross. There's the woman who pees in a jar so she doesn't have to flush her toilet and the guy who reuses paper towels by hanging them on a clothesline to dry inside his house. In what appears to be a recurring theme, this man also reuses his dental floss.
Like most reality series that feature the word extreme in the title, "Extreme Cheapskates" pulls the curtain back on the habits of eccentric characters. What's missing is a little background information. What compels these people to obsess over every penny that they spend? Their back stories would make their over the top behavior more relatable. Everyone can appreciate frugality but really, how much are you actually saving on floss per year? (Just think what the extreme cheapskates could accomplish if they hooked up with the extreme couponers!).
Occasionally, the cheapskates have ideas that on another show would be celebrated as saving the environment. The reusable dental floss man also reuses coffee grounds to create a window cleaner. But then, he takes his wife out for ice cream and instead of buying a cone, he asks for samples until he's full. It's mostly a set-up for the cameras but you have to laugh at the confidence it takes to pull it off with a straight face and seemingly no shame. Finding his behavior funny is the whole point.
Unlike other extreme behaviors featured on reality TV (hoarding for example), none of the people on this show seem to be in danger of ruining their lives or relationships. Their loved ones accept them as they are and have a laugh. Being cheap, even in the extreme, is pretty harmless. Do I need to know that a dishwasher can be used to wash clothes and my toothbrush? Or a binder clip is useful to cinch a decade old pair of shorts that have stretched to five times their original size? No. But do I want to know? Well, maybe…It could put some extra money in my pocket and make my next bargain that much more satisfying.
"Extreme Cheapskates" is on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EDT on TLC.

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Seed magazine recently provided a terrific summary of fascinating research on the situation of honesty (here). Here are some excerpts.
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In a famous set of experiments in the 1970s, children were observed trick-or-treating in the suburbs. Some were asked their names and addresses upon arriving at a door, while some were asked nothing. All were instructed to take just one piece of candy from the bowl, but as soon as the owner of the home retreated into the kitchen, the children who hadn't provided their names and addresses shoveled the candy into their bags, sometimes taking everything in the bowl. Psychologists posited that anonymity made the children feel safe from the repercussions of their actions, an effect they call deindividuation.
Moral psychologists have since constructed myriad experiments to probe the workings of human morality, studying how we decide to cheat or to play by the rules, to lie or to tell the truth. And the results can be surprising, even disturbing. For instance, we have based our society on the assumption that deciding to lie or to tell the truth is within our conscious control. But Harvard's Joshua Greene and Joseph Paxton say this assumption may be flawed and are probing whether honesty may instead be the result of controlling a desire to lie (a conscious process) or of not feeling the temptation to lie in the first place (an automatic process). "When we are honest, are we honest because we actively force ourselves to be? Or are we honest because it flows naturally?" Greene asks.
Greene and Paxton have just published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that attempts to get at the subconscious underpinnings of morality by recording subjects' brain activity as they make a decision to lie.
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[Using fMRI to examine the brain's activity during lying and telling the truth, researchers Joshua Greene and Joseph Paxon] found that honesty is an automatic process—but only for some people. Comparing scans from tests with and without the opportunity to cheat, the scientists found that for honest subjects, deciding to be honest took no extra brain activity. But for others, the dishonest group, both deciding to lie and deciding to tell the truth required extra activity in the areas of the brain associated with critical thinking and self-control.
Their findings—that honesty is automatic for some people—is part of a growing body of work that shows that many, if not most, of our daily actions are not under our conscious control. According to [Situationist Contributor] John Bargh, a Yale social psychologist who studies automaticity, even our higher mental processes are performed unconsciously in response to environmental cues.
"It could potentially be some of the most intriguing evidence for group selection," Bargh speculates, adding that the results are reminiscent of the evolutionary idea that "cheaters" and "suckers" coexist in a specific ratio in the animal kingdom.
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To read the entire article, which is very interesting, click here. For a sample of related Situationist posts, see "The Situation of Trust," "The Situation of Lying," "The Facial Obviousness of Lying," "Denial," "Cheating Doesn't Pay . . . So Why So Much of it?" "The Situation of Body Temperature," "Social Psychology and the Unconscious: The Automaticity of Higher Processes," "Unclean Hands," "The Body Has a Mind of its Own," "The Situation of Imitation and Mimickry," and "The (Unconscious) Situation of our Consciousness – Part I, Part II, Part III, & Part IV."


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If we go way back to the 18th century, we find ourselves in the heyday of mechanics. Indeed, many physicists believed that the world was essentially mechanical and deterministic. More importantly, everyone was thinking about mechanical solutions to problems. In that milieu, it seemed natural to think of computing in terms of gears, chains, sprockets, and cams. The result was mechanical computers.
Once the electronics revolution hit full stride, these machines ended up being remembered as the pinnacle of a bygone age. Now, in a blast from the past, a pair of researchers from New Zealand have demonstrated an updated version of the mechanical computer: an artificial, muscle-based computer. It's slow and bulky, and it can't do a lot, but the researchers argue that it has great potential for robotics.
To implement their computer, the researchers returned to the original work of Alan Turing, who envisioned a computer as a read-write head that operated on a linear tape. The write operations depend on the results of read operations and whatever program might be in memory. This machine can, in principle, solve any problem that is solvable by a computer and is known as a universal Turing machine, of which modern computers are an example.
It turns out that the simplest form of a universal Turing machine is very simple indeed. It reads only three different states (A, B, and C), it has only two internal states (logics one and zero), and it can move the tape either left or right. Such a simple machine has only six possible operations. For example, if it reads an A and its internal state is logic one, then it will overwrite the A with a B, flip its internal state, and move one step to the right. Such a computer is very simple, but programming it is very, very complicated—even simple operations, like multiplication, involve elaborate programs and long run times.
The benefit is that building one of these machines is very simple, and therefore perfect for implementing in a mechanical system. The researchers made their computer out of a set of elastomers—elastomers are polymers that expand or contract when a voltage is applied. These artificial muscles were set up so that they could operate sets of electrical relays that drove other muscles. The tape in this computer was pulled left and right by a set of weights that were controlled by a cam system, actuated by yet another muscle. Once constructed, the researchers checked the output against hand calculations of the computer's output.
And it worked. The device came in at a svelte 0.3 cubic meters and its computational speed was a massive 0.15Hz. It lacks the tape capacity to calculate anything complicated, but in principle it can calculate anything. There is a video (MOV) available to view it in action.
Nostalgia is all well and good, but there must have been a useful reason to do this, right? Indeed there may well be: better robots. One of the interesting things about living things is the way they can react before they have time to think. For instance, a Formula 1 driver starts reacting to, say, their car losing grip before you would expect them to if the brain were participating. In fact, the animal kingdom is chock-full of reflexive systems, where muscles react without the participation of a brain.
This sort of local computation is simple, fast, and may be built right into the muscle's local nerves. But like all autonomous actions, it requires more than local computers and actuators—it needs feedback. That feedback is rather nonlinear for muscles; an example of this is pain. Place your hand above a hot element, and you feel the heat. Touch it, and your muscle spasms, pulling your hand away. A robot that effectively makes use of local reflexive computation will likely require a fast, nonlinear feedback system, which can be naturally built into muscles, but not into normal actuators.
This work, the researchers argue, is a starting point for making muscles that can think for themselves. From my point of view, the robotics was entirely incidental. How cool is a mechanical computer? And to make the paper even more old school, the diagrams were hand-drawn. I think I need to lie down.
Applied Physics Letters, 2013, DOI: 10.1063/1.4793648 (About DOIs).


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|One of MD's "go-to" cookbooks
Image courtesy of Misprinted Pages
Until I was twelve or so, my parents employed a revolving door of domestics whose primary responsibility was to prepare and serve our family's meals. MD would supervise them, plan the menus, and do much of the shopping, but she gladly surrendered to them what she considered to be the drudgery of their occupation.
|"Mmm-mmm good!"
Photograph courtesy of TV Guide
I remember the excitement and anticipation I felt when a new cook would join our household, as the prospect of learning her specialties was appealing: Who knew what tasty dishes we would come to enjoy? Would there be cakes and cookies, too?
|"Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' in the oven . . ."
Photograph courtesy of LIFE Images
When the cook was from England, as we once had, we dined on a steady diet of roasts, puddings, and pies. When she was from South America, such as the nefarious Marta (the subject of a previous series of mine), we encountered strange vegetables and indeterminate meat dishes (that is, until my father put his foot down, demanding that he be served "real food"). And if she was African-American (as several of them were), we happily tucked into fried chicken, corn bread, and other Southern staples. MD generally gave the women who cooked for us a fairly free rein, so long as the meals they prepared and served were balanced across the primary food groups.
|The cover of the 1964 edition of Joy of Cooking,
MD's default cookbook
But there were times when we didn't have someone cooking for us, and my mother would resignedly pick up such responsibilities. That invariably meant our meals would take a turn for the worse. If it didn't come in a can or jar or carton or box or frozen package, it was unlikely to make an appearance on our dining room table when MD manned the stove in the 1960s. She did pride herself in buying only best-quality meats, which she invariably broiled, but fish was a rarely served. We would sometimes get fresh vegetables instead of frozen ones.
|Is there any other kind?
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MD's idea of a salad started and ended with iceberg lettuce tossed with Good Seasons carafe-made dressing. She was not a baker. I don't remember her ever making a cake when I was growing up, although I do have a dim memory of baking Christmas sugar cookies with her and my sisters. Once.
|This is not a childhood memory that resonates with me
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The only baking I recall that MD did with any regularity was of potatoes or squash, and chicken. She loved butter and half & half, and she used them both liberally.
|MD's well-used copy of Joy of Cooking
owned by my dear sister Camilla
Photograph courtesy of same
When it came to seasonings, a dash of ginger powder or nutmeg was about as adventuresome as MD would get. Thoroughly rinsed spaghetti with pressure-cooker made tomato sauce and Kraft Parmesan Cheese was considered ethnic in the Darling household, and was—not surprisingly—served infrequently (and only when my father was out for the evening, as he considered it nursery food).
|This was not MD's idea of "fun"
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But that all started to change in the late 1960s. Two things happened. First, my mother took over, once and for all, the cooking in our house. By then it was just me and my sister Hermione left at home (Camilla had by then graduated from college, and Frecky was away at boarding school), and we no longer needed the level of domestic support our once-larger family had required. Second, the food revolution had begun in this country, and people were realizing that there was more to be had than the packaged and processed food that filled supermarkets' shelves.
|The interior of a Giant supermarket in Rockville, Maryland, in the 1960s.
MD shopped in a similar Giant on Wisconsin Avenue
in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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|MD owned a copy of this cookbook.
I think she may have used it . . . once or twice
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But MD never became an accomplished or inventive cook, as she might have under different circumstances, because shortly thereafter my parents' marriage sputtered to an exhausted end, as did what had once been family dinners. Within a year or two I left for Saint Grottlesex, and that was pretty much the end of my sharing home-cooked meals with MD, at least with any regularity. Shortly after I graduated from college MD moved into a life-care retirement center, where she—much to her relief—gave up cooking, once and for all.
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Even though MD was, in retrospect, an indifferent cook at best, when I was a little boy I enjoyed the meals she prepared for my family. I loved the frozen peas, canned corned beef hash, and Betty Crocker® Au Gratin potatoes that were in her regular rotation.
|A Darling household favorite!
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It was only after I left home for boarding school and then college that I came to appreciate that one's cooking (and eating) horizons could stretch far beyond the extremely basic meals that MD had fed us. MD was very much the product of her class and times, and I bear her no ill will for her limited cooking skills. I certainly appreciate that getting meals on the table for one's family, day in and day out, isn't necessarily everyone's idea of creative heaven.
But I have to say, Dear Reader, that I am most grateful we have upped our food game in the intervening years here in America. I attribute that to the back-to-the-earth/locavore food movement explosion, the incredible advances made in food distribution, and the broad acceptance and availability today of food, spices, and cooking practices brought to these shores from distant lands and cultures that were but the subject of stories in National Geographic to most Americans when I was a child.
And I think this would have suited MD just fine.
Tell me, was (or is) your mother a good cook? Do you cook differently from the way she did when you were growing up?


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The public backlash over iOS 6 Maps continues: developers are coming out of the woodwork claiming they warned Apple about quality issues before launch. A new report at CNET highlights stories from six third-party developers who say they tried to tell Apple about bugs in Maps, only to find themselves ignored. The statements echo the grumblings from other developers about Maps, in addition to what several Apple engineers told Ars last week as part of our feature on Apple's internal culture.
The developers speaking to CNET asked not to be named because they have apps in the App Store, some of which rely on Apple's MapKit framework for their own products. They tell stories of woe about filing bug reports in Apple's Radar system, making posts in the company's private developer forums, and even e-mailing Apple engineers directly about their concerns. One source claims an Apple employee told him the issue was "well understood."
Indeed, based on our interviews with a number of Apple employees, the issue was understood—at least on the engineering level. "It was clear to anybody who would use it, even in the iOS betas, that Maps looks pretty bad," one source told Ars. "If someone had showed that to Steve, he would've said, 'This looks like shit.' He would have actually said that. Tim did the right thing by apologizing, but the better thing would've been, like, 'We can't ship this.'"
Apple CEO Tim Cook published a public apology for the quality of Maps less than two weeks ago, suggesting a handful of alternatives for users who want to try something else. But when we went hands-on with those apps, we didn't come away feeling particularly impressed by the alternatives, either. I have defaulted to a mixed-use scenario: I use Google Maps mobile for most of my day-to-day use (because I rely heavily on transit directions and I feel Google's online solution is the closest thing to iOS 5's Maps as we can get), while using iOS 6 Maps for general lookups and occasional driving directions. But using two apps for mapping instead of just one isn't ideal, so here's to hoping Apple ships some of those promised updates sooner rather than later.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Relatives of an 87-year-old woman who died after a nurse at her retirement home refused a 911 dispatcher's pleas to perform CPR expressed satisfaction with the care she received, saying her wishes were to die naturally. Meanwhile, the company that owns the facility now says its worker failed to follow proper procedures.
Lorraine Bayless' death last week at Glendale Gardens, a Bakersfield independent living facility, prompted outrage after a 7-minute recording of the 911 call was released. Brookdale Senior Living, which owns the facility, initially said its employee acted correctly by waiting until emergency personnel arrived. But late Tuesday, it issued a new statement saying the employee had misinterpreted the company's guidelines and was on voluntary leave while the case is investigated.
"This incident resulted from a complete misunderstanding of our practice with regards to emergency medical care for our residents," the Tennessee-based company said.
Shortly before Brookdale's clarification, Bayless' family sent The Associated Press a statement saying she was aware that Glenwood Gardens did not offer trained medical staff, but opted to live there anyway.
"It was our beloved mother and grandmother's wish to die naturally and without any kind of life prolonging intervention," the family said. "We understand that the 911 tape of this event has caused concern, but our family knows that mom had full knowledge of the limitations of Glenwood Gardens and is at peace."
The family said it would not sue or try to profit from the death, and called it "a lesson we can all learn from."
"We regret that this private and most personal time has been escalated by the media," the statement said.
Bayless collapsed in the Glenwood Gardens dining hall on Feb. 26. Someone called 911 on a cellphone and asked for an ambulance. Later, a woman who identified herself as a nurse got on the line and told dispatcher Tracey Halvorson she was not permitted to do CPR on the woman.
Halvorson implored the nurse to find someone else and said she would instruct them on how to do the procedure.
"I understand if your facility is not willing to do that," Halvorson said. "Give the phone to a passer-by. This woman is not breathing enough. She is going to die if we don't get this started, do you understand?"
By the time paramedics arrived, Bayless had stopped breathing.
Bakersfield fire officials who responded said Bayless did not have a "do not resuscitate" order on file at the home. The family and the company have not commented.
Glenwood Gardens is an independent living facility and as such Brookdale has said that by law it is "not licensed to provide medical care to any of its residents." But it added later that it was reviewing company policies "involving emergency medical care across all of our communities."
The woman who identified herself as a nurse was employed at the facility as a resident services director, the company said.
Bayless' death has prompted multiple investigations.
Bakersfield police are trying to determine whether a crime was committed when the nurse refused to help even find someone to perform CPR. The Kern County Aging and Adult Services Department is looking into possible elder abuse and the state Assembly's Aging and Long-term Care Committee is investigating to see whether legislation is needed.
The nation's largest trade group for senior living facilities has called for its members to review policies.
"It was a complete tragedy," said Maribeth Bersani, senior vice president of the Assisted Living Federation of America. "Our members are now looking at their policies to make sure they are clear. Whether they have one to initiate (CPR) or not, they should be responsive to what the 911 person tells them to do."
The California Board of Registered Nursing is concerned that the woman who spoke to the 911 dispatcher did not even respond to requests to find someone who might want to help.
"If she's not engaged in the practice of nursing, there's no obligation (to help)," agency spokesman Russ Heimerich said. "What complicates this further is the idea that she wouldn't hand the phone over either. So that's why we want to look into i


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Oxybutynin is used to treat symptoms of an overactive bladder, such as incontinence (loss of bladder control) or a frequent need to urinate.
Oxybutynin belongs to the group of medicines called antispasmodics. It helps decrease muscle spasms of the bladder and the frequent urge to urinate caused by these spasms.
Oxybutynin extended-release tablets is also used to treat children 6 years of age and older who have an overactive bladder caused by a certain nerve disorder (eg, spina bifida).
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of oxybutyninextended-release tablet in children 6 years of age and older. However, oxybutynin extended-release tablet is not recommended in children who cannot swallow it whole without breaking, chewing, or crushing; or in children younger than 6 years of age.
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There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
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Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
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Oxybutynin may make you sweat less, causing your body temperature to increase. Use extra care not to become overheated during exercise or hot weather while you or your child are taking this medicine, since overheating may result in heat stroke. Also, hot baths or saunas may make you feel dizzy or faint while you or your child are taking this medicine.
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What are spider veins?
Spider veins, commonly found on the face and legs, are caused by the dilation of a small group of blood vessels near the skin's surface. They often look like red or purple sunbursts or web patterns and are more common in women.
What are varicose veins?
Varicose veins are caused by swollen or enlarged blood vessels. The blood vessels have enlarged due to a weakening in the vein's wall or valves. Located deeper in the skin than spider veins, they may appear raised and often are blue.
Varicose veins can be serious because they may be associated with the development of one or more of the following conditions:
Phlebitis. Inflammation of the vein.
Thromboses. This occurs when blood clots form in the enlarged vein.
Venous stasis ulcers. An ulcer is formed when there is not proper drainage in the enlarged vein.
Although the exact causes for varicose and spider veins are unknown, pregnancy, heredity, prolonged standing, increased age, heavy lifting, and hormonal changes seem to be contributing factors.
Treatment for spider and varicose veins
Specific treatment for spider and varicose veins will be determined by your doctor based on:
Your age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the condition
Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the condition
Your opinion or preference
Treatment may include:
Sclerotherapy. This procedure involves the injection of a concentrated saline or specially-developed solution into the spider or varicose vein. The solution then hardens, causing the vein to close up or collapse. Healthier blood vessels located nearby absorb the blood flow of the collapsed vein.
Ambulatory phlebectomy. Ambulatory phlebectomy involves the removal of the vein by tiny punctures or incisions along the path of the enlarged vein. Through these tiny holes, the surgeon uses a surgical hook to remove the varicose vein.
Electrodesiccation. This procedure involves the sealing of the veins with the use of an electrical current.
Laser surgery and intense pulsed light therapy. Abnormal veins are destroyed by high-intensity laser beams or intense pulsating light.
Surgical ligation and stripping. This procedure involves the surgeon making an incision in the skin and removing or tying off the blood vessel.
Possible complications associated with the treatment of spider or varicose veins
Possible complications associated with the treatment of spider or varicose veins may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Pigmentation changes. Brownish splotches near the treated area may appear, and may take several months (or even up to a year) to fade.
Allergic reaction and scarring. Allergic reactions from the injected chemical solution, as well as permanent scarring, may result.
Telangiectatic matting. This reaction involves the appearance of fine, reddish blood vessels near the treated area. Treatment for this condition may require further injections.
Blood clots. Treatment could cause blood clots in the veins.
Who are candidates for sclerotherapy?
Women and men of any age may be candidates for sclerotherapy, but most are 30 to 60 years in age. Spider veins are more common in women. Men do have spider veins, but often do not consider them to be a cosmetic problem because the veins are usually concealed by hair on the leg.
Pregnant or breastfeeding women should postpone sclerotherapy treatment. Further, it is not known how sclerosing solutions may affect breast milk.
About the procedure
Although each procedure varies, generally, vein removal surgeries follow this process:
Location options may include:
Surgeon's office-based surgical facility
Outpatient surgery center
Hospital outpatient
Hospital inpatient
Anesthetic options may include:
Local anesthesia with intravenous sedation, or epidural or spinal anesthesia
General anesthesia
Recuperation period:
A compression bandage may be applied on the treated area following the procedure. Support hose may be recommended for a while.


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Lady 'Cats comeback stalls
The bad blood that spilled over three years ago from the Hardin Valley Lady Hawks win over Oak Ridge in the District 3-AAA title game still hasn't washed away.
The two teams tussled all the way to the wire Tuesday with second place in 3-AAA on the line as Oak Ridge dug itself out of an 18-point deficit to tie the game with 2:10 remaining but could not get the win, losing 51-49.
"We gave ourselves a chance to win and be successful but it didn't fall that way," Oak Ridge coach Kerra Jackson said.
A lot of things didn't go the Lady Wildcats way early. Oak Ridge was called for nine fouls in the first quarter — part of the combined 47 fouls for the game that were lopsided toward the Lady 'Cats in the first half and the Lady Hawks in the second.
"It was just too many fouls and too many stops in play," said coach Jackson who drew a technical out of the frustration in the first half. "It takes kids out of their rhythm, it gets them frustrated and everything else kind of starts falling behind."
Even with the calls going against them, Oak Ridge was down just 10 at halftime but saw Hardin Valley continue to build on their lead behind 6-foot-2 center Kayla Carey.
Carey, who had 30 points during the first contest between the two teams, was held in check for the most part by the Lady Wildcats box-and-one defense.
"We played them physical and I think that is what we had to do," coach Jackson said. "It was a big improvement – minus the first half — from last time."
Oak Ridge (12-9, 9-4 in 3-AAA) began its comeback at the start of the fourth as Caitlyn Ledden scored six of her seven points straight to begin the quarter. Whitney Mitchell, who had a game-high 24 points, added in two more at the free-throw line to cut the lead to five with 5:07 to play. After Kendra Holmes tied the game three minutes later, the Lady Hawks hit the last of their seven 3-pointers in the contest to give themselves breathing room.
Mitchell with the hot hand missed a 3-pointer to tie but scored a layup with 9.4 seconds left to play.
But Carey loomed large again. The HVA post hit 3 of 4 in the final 24.7 seconds at the line. Her final one free throw made it 51-49 with 17.6 seconds to go. Mitchell drove from halfcourt looking to tie the game but was called for a charge with 3.9 seconds left going for a layup.
Oak Ridge shot 22 of 39 (56.4 percent) at the foul line while Hardin Valley was 10 of 19 (52.6 percent).
"We are better shooters than that," coach Jackson said "Tonight we needed them."
Kendra Holmes finished with 13 points for ORHS. Brie Carter had 10 and Brooklyn Battle had eight for Hardin Valley (16-7, 9-3).
Oak Ridge now steps out of 3-AAA play with a trip to face the Maryville Rebels in a potential regional tournament matchup between both the boys and the girls.
The Lady Rebels defeated No. 9 Bearden 52-37 Tuesday. The Maryville boys are No. 2 in District 4-AAA with a 19-5 record overall.
The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats will then close out the regular season with Campbell County, Halls and Powell.
"There are no easy games left on the schedule," Jackson said. "Every time out we have to be ready to play because every single time out, we could lose. At this time of year people are playing for position in the district (tournament). They want to knock us down."
Robert Holder can be contacted at (865) 220-5508.


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