The August 29, 2014 was a Friday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 240 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 11 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, August 29, 2025, 307 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, August 29, 2026, in 57 days. You have lived for 4,325 days, or about 103,821 hours, or about 6,229,267 minutes, or about 373,756,020 seconds.
Date: 30 August 2014
By AMY CHOZICK
Amy CHOZICK
Chelsea Clinton says that she will leave her position as NBC News special correspondent, less than three years after she embarked on a new and lucrative career; says she will focus on philanthropic work at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Date: 30 August 2014
By JONATHAN MAHLER
Jonathan MAHLER
Vice Media says that it is close to choosing A&E Networks as partner; A&E is near deal to invest $250 million in Vice in exchange for roughly 10 percent stake in the company.
Date: 30 August 2014
By JODI RUDOREN
Jodi RUDOREN
News analysis; each side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed victory, yet Hamas failed to win concessions it demanded and Israeli citizens feel more insecure than before the start of the 50-day war.
Date: 29 August 2014
By JANE PERLEZ
Jane PERLEZ
News analysis; China and United States, long at odds over American surveillance flights near Chinese territory, may have been forced to consider the potential for a dispute to escalate disastrously, after all-too-close encounter of American spy plane and Chinese fighter; still, there is little likelihood that China will reduce its intercepts, or that United States will curb its surveillance.
Date: 29 August 2014
By MARGALIT FOX
Margalit FOX
Margalit Fox described the two kinds of people that she and her fellow obituary writers see.
Date: 29 August 2014
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
Series of threats against Hollywood gossip journalist Nikki Finke by anonymous website has unintended consequence of prompting fruitful conversations between Finke and former employer Jay Penske; Finke's blog, feared by Hollywood executives, was shut down after it was bought by Penske Media Corporation; Finke may now return to writing for Penske, and is said to have signed settlement agreement worth millions.
Date: 29 August 2014
By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
International TRIBUNE
Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: Correspondent’s report from the war zone, The New York Herald in 1914.
Date: 29 August 2014
By INSIDER STAFF
Insider STAFF
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