__notoc__  this page deals with current events in the united states, its insular areas, and other american interests. {| class="infobox" style="width:18em" |- | ==deaths== *21 bobby short *21 jeff wiese *20 john de lorean *17 george f. kennan *9 chris ledoux *6 teresa wright ==ongoing events== * conflict in iraq * social security reform * accounting scandals * ncaa men's division i basketball championship ==holidays== *march 25 good friday *march 27 easter == ongoing trials == *michael jackson *zacarias moussaoui *dennis rader |} ==march 30, 2005 == * bruce mcpherson, a republican, is sworn in as california's 30th secretary of state. mcpherson replaces kevin shelley, who resigned earlier this year due to a financial scandal. [newslink missing]. ==march 21, 2005== * red lake high school massacre in bemidji, minnesota leaves at least 10 dead (reuters) (guardian) (kare11) ==march 19, 2005== *former connecticut governor john g. rowland is sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to a federal corruption charge. (the state) (wired) ==march 15, 2005== * harvard faculty passes resolution doubting president lawrence summers' leadership after his comments on women. (fox news) * federal reserve chairman alan greenspan testifies to the united states senate special committee on aging that social security must be reformed by 2008, due to the pressure that will be placed on the system by retiring baby boomers. (cnn) * california treasurer phil angelides begins his campaign to unseat governor arnold schwarzenegger. (sf gate) * military auditors find $108 million in questionable fuel delivery costs charged by halliburton for services rendered in iraq. (reuters) * the fbi has closed i
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