Milestones Jun. 9, 2003

SETTLED. AOL TIME WARNER'S LAWSUIT AGAINST MICROSOFT, with a cooperation agreement that ends a bitter rivalry between the companies. Microsoft will pay AOL $750 million to settle the antitrust suit brought by its Netscape unit and will grant AOL a seven-year license for use of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

ARRESTED. DERRICK TODD LEE, 34, for five murders in Baton Rouge, La.; in Atlanta. Police said Lee's DNA linked him to the "Louisiana Slasher" serial killings that kept Baton Rouge on edge for 18 months. He is also a suspect in several earlier murders.

DIED. LUCIANO BERIO, 77, experimental Italian composer; in...

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