Current events of 25 April 2008 (2008-04-25) (Friday) edit history watch

Some forty people are injured when the floor of a Mennonite church collapses during a Christian rock concert in Abbotsford, British Columbia. (CTV), (CBC) Two people are killed and more than a dozen injured after a semitrailer crashes into a Chicago Transit Authority station during rush hour. (AP via International Herald Tribune) Sri Lankan Civil War: At least 24 people are killed by a blast on a bus near Colombo. (BBC News) Actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced to three years in prison for tax violations. (The New York Times) A United States military-contracted vessel fires warning shots in front of two boats in the Persian Gulf, causing the boats to leave. (AP via MSNBC) Students and their families in various locations across the United States participate in the nationally-recognized 13th annual Day of Silence. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)