TopicID EventID Description 20001 1 Asian economic downturn, impact on other markets 20001 2 International response to Asian economic crisis 20001 3 Asian economy begins to rebound, with help from outside 20001 4 U.S. economy rebounds as Asian crisis abates 20001 5 British ships and warplanes in Persian Gulf 20001 6 Investigation into Clinton-Lewinsky affair 20002 1 Starr expands Whitewater investigation to Clinton/Lewinsky affair 20002 2 Clinton/Lewinsky tapes, public statements contradict 20002 3 Lewinsky deposed in Paula Jones lawsuit 20002 4 Public reacts to Clinton/Lewinsky investigation 20012 1 Cuba prepares for Pope's visit 20012 2 Pope arrives in Cuba 20012 3 Pope celebrates masses, preaches, meets with Castro in Cuba 20013 1 Preparation for Olympics 20013 2 Olympic games open 20013 3 Olympic contests, results 20015 1 Iraq announces it will block inspections 20015 2 Iraq prevents inspection team from entering 20015 3 Reaction to blocked inspection team 20015 4 Inspection team withdrawn 20015 5 Hussein may stop cooperating with inspections 20018 1 Bomb explodes 20018 2 Reaction to bomb, investigation 20018 3 Eric Rudolph sought as witness 20018 4 Rudoph's truck searched for evidence 20018 5 Oklahoma City bombing witness expresses regret 20019 1 Marine plane hits cable car line 20019 2 Reaction to crash, investigation 20019 3 Consequences of crash for Marines 20021 1 Tornadoes hit Florida 20021 2 Cleanup, rescue efforts 20021 3 Clinton arrives, local and federal aid 20021 4 Losses, damage from tornadoes 20022 1 Navy cadet charged with killing 20022 2 Trial of navy cadet 20022 3 Conviction, sentencing 20022 4 Reaction to verdict 20026 1 Preparation for defamation trial 20026 2 Testimony in defamation trial 20026 3 Reaction to trial 20031 1 John Glenn to travel on space shuttle 20031 2 Reaction to Glenn flight 20031 3 Glenn trains for flight 20032 1 Jury selection, delays in McKinney trial 20032 2 Opening statements, testimony 20033 1 Preparations, predictions for Super Bowl 20033 2 Broncos win Super Bowl 20033 3 Post-game celebrations, riots 20041 1 Trials planned for teens accused of killing baby 20041 2 Brian Peterson pleads guilty 20041 3 Amy Grossberg pleads guilty 20042 1 Asteroid is predicted to pass close to Earth 20042 2 Asteroid will miss Earth by a large margin 20042 3 Reaction to asteroid warnings 20042 4 Meteor shower threatens communications satellites 20044 1 Clinton works with Congress on tobacco legislation 20044 2 Internal memos threaten national tobacco settlement 20044 3 Individual state tobacco settlements 20044 4 Hearings about national tobacco settlement 20044 5 Tobacco company sells high-nicotine cigarettes overseas 20044 6 White House presses for national settlement 20044 7 Additional tobacco memos released 20044 8 Budget would put tobacco settlement money into Medicare 20047 1 Viagra approved 20047 2 Public reaction, sales 20047 3 Debate over insurance coverage for Viagra 20047 4 Faster-acting Viagra in development 20047 5 Side effects, problems with Viagra 20047 6 Debate over insurance coverage of contraceptives 20048 1 Arkansas middle school shooting, shooters in custody 20048 2 Trial of shooters, debate over charges 20048 3 Reactions to shootings 20048 4 Classes resume, students get counseling 20056 1 James Earl Ray in hospital 20056 2 New evidence found in King assassination 20056 3 Request for new investigation into King assassination 20056 4 Ray dies, many believe he is innocent 20056 5 Reaction to Ray's death, autopsy 20065 1 Preparation for space shuttle launch 20065 2 Experiments aboard space shuttle 20065 3 Problem with air filter 20065 4 Air filter repaired 20070 1 India tests nuclear weapons 20070 2 Reaction to nuclear tests 20070 3 CIA missed intelligence details 20070 4 Pakistan considers tests 20070 5 Pakistan urged not to test weapons 20071 1 Preparations for London peace talks 20071 2 Peace talks begin 20071 3 Next round of peace talks in Washington 20071 4 Reactions, results of peace talks 20076 1 Protests in Indonesia 20076 2 Effect of protests on Suharto 20076 3 Effect of protests on international community 20077 1 Kaczynski trial about to begin, Kaczynski makes statement 20077 2 Judge responds to Kaczynski statement, trial begins again 20077 3 Kaczynski tries to fire lawyers 20077 4 Kaczynski attempts suicide, undergoes competency tests to represent himself 20086 1 GM workers go on strike 20086 2 Negotiations between GM and union 20086 3 Reaction to, impact of strike 20086 4 Second strike 20086 5 Negotiations after second strike 20087 1 Basketball regional finals 20087 2 Finals 20087 3 Bulls win championship, Chicago celebrates 20091 1 Train crash in Germany 20091 2 Investigators seek cause of crash 20091 3 Rescue, cleanup work 20091 4 Safety inspections, regulations for high-speed trains 20091 5 Second train makes emergency stop 20096 1 Plans, preparations for Clinton's trip to China 20096 2 Clinton leaves for China 20096 3 Clinton's activities in China 20096 4 Freedom of worship for Chinese citizens 20096 5 Reaction to Clinton's trip 30002 1 Tropical storm Mitch 30002 2 Mitch upgraded to hurricane, moves toward Caribbean 30002 3 Mitch moves toward Central America, upgraded to category 5 30002 4 Preparations for, effects of Mitch 30002 5 Mitch downgraded to category 4 30003 1 Pinochet arrested in England, may be extradited to Spain 30003 2 Reaction to Pinochet's arrest 30003 3 Other countries seek Pinochet's extradition 30003 4 Britain's high court rules no immunity for Pinochet 30003 5 Chile, Pinochet's lawyers fight extradition 30003 6 Home secretary allows extradition 30004 1 Octuplets born, in critical but stable condition 30004 2 Developments in octuplets' health 30004 3 Octuplets' parents get help, mother released 30004 4 Smallest octuplet dies 30005 1 Air strikes in Afghanistan 30005 2 Possible link between embassy bombings, WTC bombing 30005 3 Indictments in bombings 30005 4 Bin Laden tried to develop chemical weapons 30005 5 Reaction, threats of retaliation 30006 1 Negotiations between NBA and owners 30006 2 Effect of lockout on preseason 30006 3 Effect of lockout on regular season 30006 4 Reaction to NBA lockout 30006 5 Arbitrators rule on paying players 30006 6 Union may decertify 30008 1 Clinton goes to Malaysia 30008 2 Summit negotiations, outcomes 30008 3 Clinton leaves, Gore replaces him 30008 4 Gore salutes pro-democracy protesters 30008 5 Clinton visits Asia 30012 1 Leonid meteor showers hit Earth 30012 2 Effect of meteor showers on satellites 30012 3 Leonids end 30015 1 Holbrooke tries to convince Milosevic to withdraw 30015 2 UN prepares to take action against Serbia 30015 3 Milosevic refuses to remove troops 30015 4 Holbrooke tries to negotiate with Albanians, Milosevic 30023 1 Kevorkian tapes broadcast on 60 minutes 30023 2 Prosecutors examine tape for evidence 30023 3 Kevorkian charged with murder 30023 4 Arraignment, preliminary hearing 30023 5 Reaction to Kevorkian charges 30023 6 MI to enforce cease and desist order 30024 1 Reaction to elections, Gingrich faces challenge to speakership 30024 2 Largent, Livingston to challenge GOP leaders 30024 3 Gingrich announces he will resign 30024 4 Reaction to, reflection on Gingrich resignation 30024 5 Candidates emerge for speakership 30031 1 First piece of space station launched from Russia 30031 2 First attempt at Endeavor launch 30031 3 Second attempt at Endeavor launch 30031 4 Commentary on space station 30031 5 Endeavor prepares to link to Zarya 30042 1 Pressure on Libya to hand over suspects 30042 2 Libyan Congress considers handing over suspects 30042 3 Memorial services for bombing 30042 4 Bom led to changes in airline practices 30045 1 OPEC doesn't cut production, prices stay low 30045 2 Exxon, Mobil announce merger 30045 3 Economic effects of merger 30045 4 Merger examined for antitrust violations 30046 1 Livingston admits to adultery 30046 2 Livingston to resign House seat, speakership 30046 3 Clinton impeachment vote 30046 4 Hastert supported as next speaker 30046 5 Reaction to Livingston's resignation 30047 1 First space station component launched from Russia 30047 2 Second piece of space station launched from U.S. 30047 3 Astronauts prepare to link to Russian module 30047 4 Space station components attached 30047 5 Spacewalks to set up space station 30050 1 Clinton campaigns for Democrats 30050 2 Impeachment hearings begin 30050 3 Effect of impeachment hearings on campaigns 30050 4 Budget negotiations 30050 5 Effect of budget on campaigns 30050 6 Impact of other issues on campaigns 30053 1 Clinton visits Middle East 30053 2 Police fire on West Bank demonstrators 30053 3 White House praises PLO revocation 30053 4 Clinton comments on impeachment hearings 30053 5 Clinton meets with Middle East leaders 30053 6 Netanyahu will not hand over more land 31008 1 Matthew Shepard attacked 31008 2 Reaction to attack 31008 3 Shepard dies, call for hate crimes legislation 31008 4 Suspects charged with murder 31008 5 Shepard's funeral 31008 6 Attacker's girlfriend pleads guilty 31013 1 Bernard Slepian killed 31013 2 Investigation of Slepian's death 31013 3 Reaction to Slepian's death 31013 4 Slepian's funeral 31013 5 Search for Kopp 31026 1 Padres win NLCS 31026 2 Yankees win ALCS 31026 3 Game 1 of World Series 31026 4 Joe DiMaggio, Darryl Strawberry illnesses 31026 5 Game 2 of World Series 31026 6 Game 3 of World Series 31031 1 Budget surplus 31031 2 Clinton, Republicans differ on spending surplus 31031 3 First attempt to get spending bills passed 31031 4 Deadline for budget agreement; second temporary measure 31031 5 Continued efforts to pass budget bill 31032 1 Yeltsin diagnosed with bronchitis 31032 2 Yeltsin in rest home with exhaustion 31032 3 Yeltsin will restrict powers next year 31032 4 Yeltsin admitted to hospital with pneumonia 31032 5 Yeltsin had prior heart attacks 31033 1 Preparation for Microsoft trial 31033 2 Opening statements from U.S. 31033 3 Opening statements from Microsoft 31033 4 Commentary on, coverage of trial 31033 5 Day 3 of trial, evidence related to Netscape 31033 6 Gates deposition tape 31033 7 Microsoft attorneys question Apple VP 31033 8 Gates testifies via videotape 31036 1 DiMaggio in hospital for pneumonia 31036 2 Debate, discussion over heart attack and lung cancer 31036 3 Doctors confirm DiMaggio had lung cancer 31036 4 Reflection on DiMaggio 31036 5 DiMaggio develops infection, improves, then coma 31036 6 DiMaggio improves 31036 7 DiMaggio tells doctors to stop updating press 31038 1 Possible link between embassy bombings, WTC bombing 31038 2 U.S. may have had warning about Kenya bombing 31038 3 Indictments in bombings 31038 4 U.S. tried to kill bin Laden in air strikes 31038 5 Bin Laden tried to develop chemical weapons 31038 6 Financial hardships of bombing victims' families 31038 7 Reaction, threats of retaliation