Top 10 stories of 1997 AP poll headlined by Princess Diana death
The AP picks 1997’s top stories. Diana’s death leads a list with McVeigh’s conviction, Mother Teresa’s passing, Heaven’s Gate deaths, Dolly the sheep, Mars probe, and Wall Street swings. It notes global mourning via media and the era’s tech rise.
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Paris
Diana
Associated Press
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
Mother Teresa
Heaven's Gate
Iowa
Dolly
Scotland
Mars
Wall Street
Asia
New Mexico
New Zealand
Diana Owen
Georgetown University
London
Top News Stories of 1997 Highlight AP List
The Associated Press editors and broadcast directors select ten events shaping the year. Princess Diana and Mother Teresa deaths, McVeigh conviction, stock market highs, Scottish sheep cloning, McCaughey septuplets birth, tobacco settlement, Mars Pathfinder, Democrats fundraising scandals, and Heaven's Gate member deaths.
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Associated Press
United States
Princess Diana
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Mother Teresa
U.S
McCaughey
Pathfinder
Mars
the Democrats
Heaven's Gate
Winter storm snarls region across parts of West Virginia and Virginia
A powerful winter storm dumped four to six inches of snow in Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, with Mercer County seeing seven to eight inches on Herndon Mountain and six inches in Bluefield, four in Princeton. Crews aimed to clear secondary roads by today while primary routes would be cleared by late Saturday, and more snow is forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Dozens of fender benders occurred in Mercer County with no injuries reported, while similar slides and minor crashes were noted in McDowell and Buchanan counties and Wytheville, Virginia.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Allen
Mercer County
911 Control Center
McDowell County
Buchanan County
Virginia State Police
Wytheville
Virginia Department of Transportation
VDOT
R.G. Spurgeon
Spurgeon
Remembering Kwanzaa Imani reflection at Mt Olive Church
Damon Brown recalls faith in the Kwanzaa talk at Mt Olive Baptist Church Bluefield. She connects her life in McDowell County to the principle of Imani and the mustard seed, tearful about her mother and hometown while noting Kwanzaa’s American creation since 1966 with the Kinara candle lighting each night.
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Damela Brown
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Kwanzaa
Brown
McDowell County
Dowell County
Maulana Karenga
California State University At
Long Beach
Karenga
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