April 2005 in the United States

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This page deals with events in the United States, its insular areas, and other American interests.

Deaths 16 – Marla Ruzicka 5 – Saul Bellow 1 – Robert Coldwell Wood Ongoing events Conflict in Iraq Social Security reform Accounting scandals Nuclear option(Filibustering) debate in US Senate Holidays May 8 Mother's Day May 21 Armed Forces Day May 30 Memorial Day Ongoing trials Michael Jackson Zacarias Moussaoui Dennis Rader

April 27, 2005

• The U.S. House of Representatives rescinds controversial ethics rules in order to end a stalemate in the Ethics Committee. (Yahoo!)

April 18, 2005

• Adobe Systems offers to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion. (Yahoo!)

April 9, 2005

• A former chef at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testifies that he saw the singer with his hand in the front of Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin's shorts. (Gulf Times, Qatar)

April 5, 2005

• Longtime ABC News anchor Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer. ABC News

April 4, 2005

• A Union Pacific freight train derails in San Bernardino, California. No one was injured. (Mercury News) (KCAU-TV) (KABC)

April 2, 2005

• President Bush and others pay tribute to Pope John Paul II, who died at 2:37 p.m. Eastern Time. (CNN)

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