Milestones
Ten years ago: Leaders of the world’s seven richest nations opened a three-day economic summit in Houston.
Five years ago: French commandos boarded the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior Two in the South Pacific.
One year ago: A jury in Los Angeles ordered General Motors Corp. to pay $4.9 billion to six people severely burned when their Chevrolet Malibu exploded in flames in a rear-end collision. (A judge later reduced the punitive damages to $1.9 billion, while letting stand $107 million dollars in compensatory damages; GM is continuing to appeal.)