For her evocative exploration of how global warming affects New Englanders, from ice fishermen to blueberry farmers.

For their reports on how destruction of evidence in criminal cases across the nation can free the guilty and convict the innocent, prompting official efforts to correct breakdowns.

For its tenacious coverage of the twists and turns in the scandal involving the state's senator, Larry Craig.

For its swift, penetrating coverage of a fire in the Bronx that killed nine persons, eight of them children.

For its comprehensive investigation into the hazardous gap between a New York railroad's trains and its boarding platforms, spotlighting individual injuries and triggering a multi-million-dollar remedy by the railway.

For its illuminating examination of the mortgage and housing crisis in the newspaper's community and state, resulting in federal probes and changes in a major lender's practices.