Rams beat Titans in thrilling Super Bowl XXXIV
The St. Louis Rams won their first Lombardi Trophy by defeating the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in Super Bowl XXXIV. Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce had the big play, while the Titans came up only a yard short in the end. Kurt Warner finished his fairy-tale season by winning the MVP award after completing 24-of-45 passes for 414 yards and two touchdowns.

China tries to tighten control on Internet
BEIJING (AP) -- Trying to tighten its hold on the fast-moving Internet, China is ordering companies to register software used to transmit sensitive data and threatening punishment for letting government secrets slip onto the Web.

Oregon researchers say they have cloned a monkey by splitting an early-stage embryo and implanting the pieces into mother animals.

The technique, detailed in Friday's issue of the journal Science, has so far produced only one living monkey, a bright-eyed rhesus macaque female named Tetra, now 4 months old.

Professor Gerald Schatten, a researcher at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland who led the research, said four more animals are on the way.

Time Warner, AOL to merge; deal creates a multimedia giant
In a stunning development, America Online Inc. announced plans to acquire Time Warner Inc. for roughly $182 billion in stock and debt Monday, creating a digital media powerhouse. The merger, the largest deal in history, combines the nation's top Internet service provider with the world's top media conglomerate. The deal also validates the Internet's role as a leader in the new world economy, while redefining what the next generation of digital-based leaders will look like.

Microsoft promotes Ballmer
Gates to give up management duties to focus on strategies: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates handed day-to-day management of the software company Thursday to his right-hand man, Steve Ballmer, as part of a corporate reshuffling that will allow Gates to focus on long-term strategies.

Gates, who had been chief executive officer since the company was founded 25 years ago, will retain his post as chairman and add a new title as chief software architect.

Indian Airlines hijackers said to have fled
After freeing 155 passengers and crew Friday in exchange for the release of three Islamic militants from Indian prisons, the five hijackers and the freed rebels sped off from Kandahar airport in four-wheel-drive vehicles, taking a Taliban official with them as a hostage.
Given a 10-hour deadline to leave the country, the hijackers of an Indian Airlines jet fled to the southern Afghanistan desert Friday and crossed into a neighboring nation, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said Saturday.

Much fun, few bugs so far in Y2K
As the sun rose Saturday on a brand new year, some were sleeping off millennium-sized hangovers, some were sweeping up millennium-sized piles of confetti, and others were just relieved that millennium-sized fears of Y2K disasters proved largely unfounded. But it was quite a celebration, a 25-hour romp around the globe from one South Pacific island around the world and back again. The much-dreaded Y2K computer glitches were minimal, with few people, if any, affected, officials reported.