Milestones Apr. 17, 2000

ARRESTED. MOMCILO KRAJISNIK, 55, top Bosnian Serb war leader; by NATO troops; on war crimes charges, including genocide; in Pale, Bosnia. He pleaded not guilty in the Hague.

SENTENCED. LAWRENCE TAYLOR, 41, pro football Hall of Famer; to three months' house arrest, five years' probation and a $10,000 fine; for income tax evasion; in Camden, N.J.

DIED. CLAIRE TREVOR, 91, actress who specialized in playing tough-talking floozies with hearts of gold and won a supporting-actress Oscar for just such a role in Key Largo (1948); in Newport Beach, Calif. One of her most memorable parts came opposite John Wayne in the...

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