Milestones Feb. 14, 2000

CHARGED. RAY LEWIS, 24, Baltimore Ravens Pro Bowl linebacker; with the fatal stabbing of two men after a Super Bowl party; in Atlanta. Lewis, who last season pledged $100 to the Police Athletic League for every 10 tackles he made, is the second NFL player to be charged with murder this year.

HOSPITALIZED. KURT VONNEGUT, 77, Slaughterhouse-Five author, in critical but stable condition owing to smoke inhalation; following a small fire in his home caused by a burning cigarette; in New York City.

DIED. DORIS KENNER-JACKSON, 58, singer with the '60s pop-rock sensations the Shirelles; of complications from breast cancer; in...

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