For its coverage of the destruction to the island community of Martha's Vineyard by Hurricane Bob.

For its coverage of a helicopter crash in a local schoolyard that killed U.S. Senator John Heinz and six others.

For photographs of Albanian refugees stranded in Italy.

For a photograph from the Persian Gulf War of a grieving American soldier sitting by the body of a slain friend.

For articles exploring the causes and human consequences of the epidemic of gun violence in the capital area that claimed more than 3,000 lives in five years.

For extensive reporting by Mike Casey and Russell Carollo that revealed gross national neglect of worker safety conditions and regulations and prompted workplace-reform legislation.