Milestones Feb. 19, 2001

CHARGED. O.J. SIMPSON, 53, infamous golf enthusiast; with battery and burglary; in Miami. Simpson surrendered to authorities for an incident in December in which he allegedly reached into a car and snatched glasses off the driver's face in a bout of road rage. He posted his own $9,000 bail.

CHARGED. ROBERT W. PICKETT, 47, former IRS employee who fired a .38-cal. handgun outside the White House; with assaulting a federal officer; in Washington. Pickett, who faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, was hospitalized after being shot in the knee by a Secret Service agent.

AMPUTATED. Transplanted hand...

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