February 2005 in the United States

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Events in the United States

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February 28, 2005

• Federated Department Stores buys Mays Department Stores for 11 bn dollars. The new company has approximately 300,000 employees and 30 bn dollars in annual sales.

• Federal Judge Joan Lefkow of Chicago finds her husband and mother murdered in her home after refusing to step down from presiding over a case involving Matthew F. Hale when Hale was charged by police with trying to kill Lefkow.

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February 27, 2005

• Halle Berry turns up to collect her Razzie award, one of the few actors to actually do so, stating that she rather be a "good loser"

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February 20, 2005

• Author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson found dead in his Aspen, Colorado home of an apparent suicide. (Associated Press) (The Kansas City......
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