The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is awarded each year since 1998 for a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news. List of winners:
1998: The Los Angeles Times staff, for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a shootout with the police in North Hollywood.
1999: The Hartford Courant staff, for its coverage of a shooting spree by a state lottery worker, which left four dead.
2003: The Eagle-Tribune staff, for its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co: Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh.