- The top news stories of 1998 chosen
by 299 Associated Press
- newspaper editors and broadcast executives
in the United States. A
- first-place vote gave the story 10 points,
a second-place vote gave
- it nine points, and so on. Stories are
followed by the number of
- points they received.
-
- 1. Clinton-Lewinsky. 2,744.
- 2. McGwire-Sosa home run race.
1,327.
- 3. World economic turmoil.
1,222.
- 4. Hurricanes Georges, Mitch.
1,143.
- 5. Iraq showdown. 1,108.
- 6. GOP slide in elections.
1,047.
- 7. U.S. embassies bombed.
1,002.
- 8. School shootings. 880.
- 9. Glenn return to space.
799.
- 10. Tobacco settlement. 729.
-
- The second 10: Northern Ireland
peace accord; Viagra; Mideast
- peace deal; Swissair crash; U.S. budget
surplus; Microsoft
- antitrust trial; India, Pakistan nuclear
tests; Sinatra dies;
- Kosovo; Texas heat, drought, floods.
-
- ____________
-
- The top 10 international news
stories of 1998, as chosen by
- 84 news media subscribers of The Associated
Press in 39 countries
- outside the United States, followed
by the points they received:
-
- 1. Impeachment probe of President
Clinton. 638.
- 2. Global economic turmoil.
561.
- 3. India, Pakistan nuclear
tests. 288.
- 4. Hurricanes Georges, Mitch.
282.
- 5. Northern Ireland peace
accord. 276.
- 6. Russia's economic, political
crises. 271.
- 7. Pinochet's arrest. 244.
- 8. Kosovo. 243.
- 9. Indonesia unrest, Suharto's
resignation. 229.
- 10. Iraq showdown. 195.
-
- ______________
-
- The top 10 stories of 1998
chosen by 1,302 readers casting
- ballots at The AP Web site, www.wire.ap.org,
followed by points received:
-
- 1. Clinton-Lewinsky. 8,302.
- 2. McGwire-Sosa home run race.
5,005.
- 3. Iraq showdown. 4,170.
- 4. U.S. embassies bombed.
3,985.
- 5. Hurricanes Georges, Mitch.
3,779.
- 6. Global economic turmoil.
3,639.
- 7. School shootings. 3,282.
- 8. Glenn return to space.
2,697.
- 9. GOP slide in elections.
2,515.
- 10. India, Pakistan nuclear
tests. 2,263.
-
- _______________
-
- The top 10 stories of 1998
chosen by 765 visitors to the
- Newseum in Arlington, Va., followed
by points received:
-
- 1. Clinton-Lewinsky. 4,856.
- 2. Glenn return to space.
2,397.
- 3. Iraq showdown. 2,362.
- 4. McGwire-Sosa home run race.
2,229.
- 5. Global economic turmoil.
1,750.
- 6. Hurricanes Georges, Mitch.
1,686.
- 7. GOP slide in U.S. elections.
1,371.
- 8. Tobacco settlement. 1,308.
- 9. Viagra. 1,243.
- 10. School shootings. 1,175.
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