Milestones
Ten years ago: Attorneys for Manuel Noriega challenged the jurisdiction of U.S. courts to try the deposed Panamanian leader on drug-trafficking charges.
Five years ago: A little more than three weeks after Republicans took control of Congress, the House endorsed a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution designed to eliminate chronic federal deficits.
One year ago: President Clinton welcomed a frail Pope John Paul II in St. Louis as the pontiff began his seventh pilgrimage to the United States.