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Headlines from some of the top news stories in the week before the Sept. 11 attacks:
©Associated Press
September 8, 2002
Tuesday, Sept. 4
GOP Sen. Phil Gramm won't run for fourth Senate term
Bush opens door to future cut in capital gains tax rate
Jimmy Carter returns to China to promote democracy
Hewlett-Packard, Compaq hooking up in computer mega-merger
In garb of Orthodox Jews, suicide bomber detonates near a schoolyard
Mexican president presses Bush to overhaul immigration this year
Oklahoma City district attorney decides to try Terry Nichols on state murder charges
Most existing stem cell lines not ready for research
A switch on Microsoft: Bush administration won't seek breakup
Bush to invoke executive privilege to keep documents secret
Legendary GE chief executive wraps up his career
European Union issues what it calls an apology for slavery
Gays face tough battle to repeal Florida adoption ban
Williams sisters in U.S. Open tennis final
Aid workers make first court appearance in Afghanistan
Rumsfeld: Congress must accept base closures
Religious violence rages in Nigeria; dozens killed
Russian operation to lift sunken Kursk enters final phase
Bomb blast at Israeli train station kills four
National health snapshot shows trouble in small towns, cities
Four dead in second mass-slaying in Sacramento in a month
News of shark attacks doesn't deter scuba thrill-seekers
Lawmakers consider cuts in capital gains, payroll taxes
Peres, Arafat agree to hold high-level talks
Japan's first suspected case of mad cow disease found
With 63 homers, Bonds drawing closer to McGwire's record 70