This Week in History, May 13 - May 19

May 13, 1846
President Polk declares war on Mexico. U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk's request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas.
Under the threat of war, the United States had refrained from annexing Texas after the latter won independence from Mexico in 1836. But in 1844, President John Tyler restarted negotiations with the Republic of Texas, culminating with a Treaty of Annexation.

May 14, 1804

U.S. TO SCRAP IRAQI TRAINING. Costly Policing Efforts.

ROMNEY ON MARRIAGE. One Man With One Woman.

NYPD STOP & SEARCH. Statistics Increasing.

WHOPPING COUGH. Washington Epidemic.

MOTHERS DAY. Celebrate Mama.

A United Nations-backed committee has endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines to help governments protect the rights of people, especially the poor, to own or access land, forests and fisheries.

“Giving poor and vulnerable people secure and equitable rights to access land and other natural resources is a key condition in the fight against hunger and poverty,” said the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva.

POLITICS IN GRADUATION. Mormon Speaks At Christian U.

3 BOSTON STUDENTS KILLED. New Zealand Van Crash.

GUILTY VERDICT. Jennifer Hudson's Family Murders.

BOMB KILLS. Targets Northwest Pakistan Official.

METS/YANKEES. Losers/Winners