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Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens was
charged with murder in February in the stabbing deaths of two
people outside an Atlanta nightclub just a few hours after Super
Bowl XXXIV was in the books. Lewis, the NFL's leading tackier in
1999, became the second NFL player to be charged with mur­
der in a span of 30 days. In January, Carolina Panthers wide
receiver Rae Carruth was charged with first-degree murder in
the shooting death of Cherica Adams, who was pregnant with
their son. At the time, Carruth had the distinction of being the
only active NFL player to be charged with murder in the
league's history. Lewis and Carruth both pleaded "not guilty" to
their respective murder charges and were awaiting trial.

After months of speculation and a whole lot of political
maneuvering, First Lady H illa ry Rodham Clinton formally
announced her candidacy for the U .S. Senate in February.
Running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan, D-New York, Clinton was prepared to face
opposition from Rudolph G iuliani, the Republican mayor of
New York. Although Giuliani had not officially entered the
"Spin City" star
race, rumors to that effect had been circulating for nearly 1 8 Michael J. Fox announced he would leave
Clinton/Giuliani Senate race to be the most expensive in the - Hillary the highly rated series, but not show
months. Polls showed Giuliani with a slight overall lead over
Clinton, who was being criticized for the short term of her
business, to better concentrate on his fight
residency in the Empire State. Political analysts expected the
co-produced the show, broke seven years of
nation's history, and possibly the most vicious. against Parkinson's disease. Fox, who also
silence last year when he revealed he was
afflicted with the degenerative neurological
disorder. Fox said he would leave the show
V jV J L U tIN GOLDEN at the end of the season. In February, ABC
G L O B E G L O B E
NBC AWARDS NB< HBO's new smash hit, 'The came to terms with Charlie Sheen to replace
Fox as deputy mayor and renewed the
jOLDEN 4b COLD Sopranos," had a big night at the show's contract through 2001.
I O B E 57th Annual Golden Globe — The Washington
Awards in January. The show,
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which follows the life and times of W iza rd s announced the hiring of retired
4 b a New Jersey mob family, earned NBA legend Michael Jordan as the team's
four Golden Globes for its first
president of basketball operations, and that
season on the air. James
he would also become a part-owner. The
N Gandolfini and Edie Falco won announcement came almost a year to the
trophies for best actor and best
actress in a drama series, while date of his retirement from the Chicago Bulls
Nancy Marchand won for best last January. Jordan, 36, led the Bulls to six
supporting actress. "The N BA championships, won five League MVP
Sopranos" also won the Golden awards and 10 scoring titles during his
Globe for best drama series. incomparable career. The W iza rd s
organization had not experienced a lot of
success for more than two decades and
Jordan's powerful persona and winner's
Kevork Djanszian/AP attitude was strategically meant to bring
positive attention to the franchise.
J a n u a ry l - A raging fire broke out
in a Seton Hall University dormitory as
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hundreds of students slept, killing three and
views, but was later forced to recant his findings before a
injuring 58. One student leapt from a
Catholic Church tribunal in 1633.
window, while others fled into the bitter cold
Paying the price of cloth and trinkets, Dutch settlers led by in only their pajamas. The blaze struck
Peter Minuit purchased the 22-square-mile Manhattes Boland Hall, a six-story dorm, at about 4 :3 0
a.m., likely starting in a third-floor lounge.
island from Canarsee
The cause had not been determined. It was
later reported that because of a series of
false alarms the previous semester, many of
was a steal for Minuit's the more than 60 0 students in the building
group, considering that K W j H * M L ^ at the time of the fire ignored the fire alarm,
thinking it was another prank.
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