Linked from the Times homepage this morning:

Forty-two minutes into the show, Couric couldn't hold back the tears any longer.

The first tear was spotted in the corner of her eye as "Today" talked to six people she had interviewed — an inspiring school principal, a woman brutally raped in Central Park, survivors of the Columbine school shooting and the World Trade Center bombing and parents of a boy who had died of brain cancer.

You heard it from the AP, folks: It was 7:42 a.m. this morning when Katie shed her first ratings-boosting tear. And thank God for our free and vigorous press.

Tears Flow as Katie Couric Leaves 'Today' [AP via NYT]
Earlier: Live-Blogging Katie Couric's Final Hour

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