2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December-
This page deals with events in the United States, its insular areas, and other American interests.

United States News can be found here (Associated Press feed provided by newsday.com).

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)

News collections and sources

• Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
• Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.