Rate your top 10 U.S. stories of 1996:

Number 1:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 2:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 3:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 4:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 5:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 6:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 7:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 8:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 9:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children

Number 10:
Clinton wins second term Welfare reform Crash of TWA flight 800 Crash of ValuJet flight 592 Centennial Olympic Games, Olympic Park bombing Unabom suspect Ted Kaczynski arrested FBI-Freemen standoff Commerce Secretary Ron Brown killed in plane crash Clinton woes: Paula Jones, Whitewater, campaign finances, Travel Office, FBI files Clinton campaign finance scandal. Dick Morris scandal Oklahoma City bombing trial Simpson civil trial U.S. economy, stock markets Budget standoff shuts down government 104th Congress Hurricane Fran Hurricane Bertha Midwestern drought Suspicious fires at African-American churches Allegations of CIA-crack connection Texaco racial bias suit, boycott Army sex abuse/misconduct Gulf war syndrome Teen drug use rises FBI says crime rate drops Supreme Court strikes down racial gerrymandering Supreme Court strikes down Colorado anti-gay rights amendment California passes anti-affirmative action referendum California passes referendum allowing the sick to use marijuana CIA official Harold Nicholson charged with spying 7-year old pilot Jessica Dubroff killed in crash Jack Kevorkian acquitted; assists more suicides Ruby Ridge: Former FBI official charged with cover-up Air bags blamed for killing small children