This Week in History, Apr 29 - May 5

Apr 29, 2004
World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C. to thousands of visitors, while providing overdue recognition for the 16 million U.S. men and women who served in the war. The memorial is located on 7.4 acres on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The Capitol dome is seen to the east, and Arlington Cemetery is just across the Potomac River to the west.

Apr 30, 1945

DEATH AND TERRORISM IN AFRICA. Nigeria and Kenya.

WASHINGTON POLITICS. Dinner, Jokes, Cheap Shots.

ST LOUIS TENT COLLAPSE. Death At Beer Garden.

BRONX SUBWAY STABBING. Over Cellphone.

OCEAN TRAGEDY. California Yacht Race.

Literally millions of US families are facing the same decision as students are preparing to go to college this coming fall. And there are many considerations and financial factors which go into choosing where to go to school. The continually rising cost of a higher education and the increasing and sometimes crushing debt that too many students decide to take on to get their advanced degree.

US PAKISTAN RELATIONS. Talks Break Down Over Apology.

CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS. High Level Discussions Expected.

USSS STANDARDS. Rules Of Conduct Enhanced.

LOCAL SHUT DOWNS. Forced By TSA And MTA.

POLITICS OR PROGRESS. Which will Triumph?

US Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) today voted against a Republican proposal on student loans, a highly partisan effort that would eliminate critical community preventive health care services in order to extend low interest rates on federally-subsidized student loans. Democrats have been calling for the interest rate to stay low, while Republicans recently supported a budget that would have allowed the rates to double on July 1, 2012.