Week of May 1, 2003
Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln - President Bush declares, “The United States
and our allies have prevailed.” “Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out with a
combination of precision, speed and boldness the enemy did not expect and the
world had not seen before.” “You have shown the world the skill and might of the
American armed forces.’
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declares the end of major hostilities against
terrorist forces and says that the U.s. military is shifting from combat to promoting
stability and reconstruction.
A special three judge court upholds the key component of the McCain-Feingold
law that blocks the flow of corporate and union money to political parties to pay
for thinly disguised campaign ads.
The U.S. says plans for Iraqi’s interim government call for a council of as many
as nine leaders drawn from Iraqi exile groups.
After 50 years, tokens on the New York
subways are no more. Some 7 million
people ride the New York City subway
system each day.
The U.S. widens its investigation into
Enron Corp. adding 31 charges against
ex-Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow
and accusing his wife, former Enron
Treasurer Ben Gilsan and eight other
former executives of taking part in a
fraud that destroyed the company.
Pop trends - bubble heads. They’re
everywhere from sports figures to singers
past and present.
The unemployment rate is at 6%.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc posts a wider first-quarter loss as
advertising declined at its flagship magazine and as a federal probe hung over
Chief Executive Martha Stewart.
Sport - Oscar de la Hoya stops Yory Boy Campas in a Las Vegas bout.
