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After people stood in line yesterday to vote in some cases for several hours, today people in Maryland, Virginia, and DC found themselves standing in line for a different reason--to purchase a newspaper.  Indeed, by mid-morning, virtually every grocery store, convenience store, coffee shop, newstand, or bookshop in the area had run out of newspapers to sell.  In one case, a bookstore opened early, letting a few customers in at a time to purchase copies of the newspaper.  And within a few minutes, all the newspapers were gone and people in line were forced to look elsewhere.  To be sure, people may be able to go online and read the paper.  But this seems like one of those times where the online version would not do.  Instead, people wanted an actual newspaper to record a piece of political history.  Sometimes there is just nothing like the real thing.