                                ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, December 31, 1995              TAG: 9601040001
SECTION: HORIZON                  PAGE: F-6  EDITION: METRO

THE TOP 10 STORIES OF '95

Here are the top news stories of 1995, as selected by Associated Press newspaper editors and broadcast news directors in the United States. In the survey, 312 news executives ranked the top stories. 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. Oklahoma blast, 2,986. 2. The former Yugoslavia, 1,652. 3. O.J. Simpson case, 1,347. 4. Rabin assassination, 858. 5. Earthquake in Kobe, Japan, 743. 6. The battles waged by Republican conservatives in Congress, 733. 7. Japanese subway gassed. 681. 8. Scott O'Grady, 544. 9. Chicago killer heat, 489. 10. Susan Smith spared, 353.

LENGTH: Short :   24 lines
KEYWORDS: YEAR 1995

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