For detailed, often exclusive reporting of an 11-day clash in Northern Idaho between an armed white separatist and 300 law enforcement officers.

For its sensitive reporting of the failed legal battle fought by parents of a child born without a brain to donate the child's organs before her death.

For pictures depicting the force of Hurricane Andrew and the strength of those who survived the storm.

For its coverage of the shattering impact of Hurricane Andrew on South Florida.

For disclosing numerous allegations of sexual harassment of women by U.S. Sen. Brock Adams of Washington, who then dropped his bid for re-election.

For the exposure by reporters Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry of the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists -- most of them minorities -- by a sheriff's drug squad.

For documenting the clandestine effort of the U.S. government to supply money and weapons to Iraq in the 1980's and up to the weeks before the Gulf War.