Top Stories Summary

Headlines

• Mississippi, Tobacco Industry Settle Suit
• U.S. Jobless Rate Jumps to 5 Percent
• Lockheed, Northrop Plan to Merge
• Violent Storms Hit Southeast Michigan, Detroit
• Mir Crew Copes with New Problem
• No Blue Moon, but Blue Sunsets on Red Planet?
• Russia Jails Ex-Diplomat Who Spied for U.S.
• Paper Scrutinizes SEC Chairman's Travel
• Violence Escalates at Israel-Lebanon Frontier
• Hollywood Mourns the Loss of an Icon

Earlier Stories

• Japan Downgrades Oil Spill, Looks for Cause
• Tyson a No-Show for Birthday Party in New York
• U.S. Shuttle Astronauts Light Fires in Space
• Stocks Soar on Fed Rate Decision
• Hong Kong Market Goes on Roller-Coaster Ride
• Study: Power Lines Don't Increase Cancer Risk
• Judge Strikes Down 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• U.S. Begins Underground Nuclear Tests
• Gunman Gone as Police Storm Nuclear Sub Base
• Albania's Berisha to Quit, Left Readies Rule
• Report Slams Canadian Military Over Somalia
• Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
• Commander of Aberdeen Sex Sergeants Suspended
• Trains Collide in Kansas; Chemicals Catch Fire
• Group Expands Abortion Pill Distribution
• Kevorkian Link to Two More Suicides
• U.S. Wants Only Three New Members in NATO
• Top Aide Quits Democratic Fund-Raising Probe
• Yeltsin Dismisses Scandalized Justice Minister