WASHINGTON - The scramble for a special-edition newspaper commemorating Barack Obama (web|news|bio) 's historic victory in the presidential election intensified Thursday, as people hunted far and wide for an elusive copy.

The huge demand on Wednesday prompted the Washington Post and the Washington Times to print hundreds of thousands of more copies.

Maxine Glenn, of Waldorf, said she scoured Virginia, Maryland and D.C. for a copy, unsuccessfully. At a store in Accokeek Wednesday night, there were 250 people waiting for a copy, but only 200 were delivered, she said. Glenn went home empty handed.

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"So if anybody knows where they are, please let us know," she said. "I could use about 100, 150 of them!"

D.C. resident Vivian Rodgers has also been searching in vain: "I said, 'Ohh, there', Harris Teeter, let me try there. I heard they had it. Then I came to Shoppers. They're supposed to have it. No one has it!"

The Washington Post delivered two hundred copies to a CVS on Route 1 in Alexandria (web|news) by 5 a.m. Thursday. Tthey were gone by 6.

At the Washington Times headquarters, an Obama supporter carted a rare commodity: a Special Election edition, on sale in the lobby for $2 a copy. At one point Thursday morning, the line was out the door.

"I did not think we'd have to print two and three times, but we're glad that we are!" said John Solomon, the Times' Executive Editor.

The Post said it has now printed 950,000 copies of Wednesday's paper. That's just shy of the number it printed after Bill Clinton's 1992 election victory.

The paper said it printed 30 percent more copies than normal in its first run on Wednesday, but it still sold out quickly.

Many people spent ninety minutes in a line stretching half a city block outside the Post's Northwest newsroom Wednesday, hoping to get their hands on a copy.

"I can look at it everyday and remember what happened yesterday -- something that has never happened before," said Gary Vincent, a Mt. Rainier resident.

Many people grabbed bagfuls of papers. One man said he planned to hand out copies to family members.

Kevin Wells bought 40 copies.

"I'm gonna frame them and put them up on my wall, " he said.

The publisher announced the paper would print 200,000 copies of a special commemorative edition that were scheduled to be distributed by 5 p.m. Wednesday to local chain stores, including CVS, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Safeway, Giant Food, Harris Teeter and 7-Eleven.

The Post imposed a five copy limit.

At least 50 people were lined up at the CVS in the Twin Towers of Rosslyn building on Wilson Boulevard, hoping to get their hands on a special edition paper. Employees were taking people's names and numbers.

The Post was selling the commemorative editions for $1.50 each. 

"It's a real cheap piece of history that we're going to keep -- but it's worth a lot," said one man.

On Ebay, sellers were asking for $100 for copies of the New York Times election paper. Washington Post Home Editions were going for $30.

The Washington Times announced it would refill paper boxes by Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street NW, Wednesday. The paper planned to sell a special commemorative edition on Thursday.