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A crowd outside the White House in Washington, cheers Sunday, May 1, 2011, upon hearing the news that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is dead. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
This photo is part of the following galleries: Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. in Pakistan
Created on May 2, 2011
The funeral procession of Covington police Lt. Wade Sharp heads down Columbia Street near the St. Tammany Parish Justice Center Monday, May 2, 2011, in Covington. It took 16 minutes for the procession to pass the courthouse. Sharp, 40, was killed Wednesday, April 27, while protecting his 9-wear-old daughter, Bailey, from a falling limb during a thunderstorm at a campground in Mississippi. As a 19-year veteran of Covington police, Sharp had a reputation for life-saving heroics. In 1997, he was awarded the department's Medal of Valor after rushing in to save a man and his dog from a burning apartment in the River Oaks complex on Lurline Drive. Almost a decade later, he would risk his life in another burning building by crashing through a window into a smoke-filled home on Jahncke Avenue to carry out a resident who had lost consciousness and suffered from burns on 28 percent of his body. Officials said that if Sharp, who needed treatment for smoke inhalation after the rescue, and the firefighter who aided him had gone in moments later, the man would have died.
Created on May 2, 2011
A procession to St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 celebrated the acquisition of a new marker tablet for the tomb of Ernie K-Doe.
Created on May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in an attack on his coumpound in Abbotabad, Pakistan.
Created on May 2, 2011
The New Orleans Zephyrs vs. the Memphis Redbirds on Monday, May 2, 2011.
Created on May 1, 2011
Photos of the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
Created on May 1, 2011
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, a person familiar with the situation said late Sunday.
Created on April 29, 2011
The Zion Harmonizers will pay tribute to their founding member Sherman Washington on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the Jazz Fest Gospel Tent at 2:25 p.m. Washington died earlier this year at 85 and was the founder and leader of the Jazz Fest Gospel Tent.