The August 6, 2014 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 217 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 Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 331 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, August 6, 2026, in 33 days. You have lived for 4,349 days, or about 104,385 hours, or about 6,263,133 minutes, or about 375,787,980 seconds.
Date: 06 August 2014
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Douglas MARTIN
Edward M Joyce, former president of CBS News who helped shepherd the network through several crises in the mid-1980s, dies at age 81.
Date: 07 August 2014
By ALAN COWELL
Alan COWELL
Date: 07 August 2014
By NIKITA STEWART and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Nikita STEWART
News analysis; case of Eric Garner, who died in July after a confrontation with New York City police officers, has become a civil rights test for Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration; de Blasio has struggled to take command of the controversy, and is now working with his closest advisers on way to improve relations between the police and the community.
Date: 06 August 2014
By TRIP GABRIEL
Trip GABRIEL
News analysis; challenge for prosecutors in corruption trial of Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen is to demonstrate that McDonnell accepted gifts from businessman Jonnie R Williams not out of friendship but as part of illegal scheme; difficulty lies in proving governor's intent.
Date: 06 August 2014
By JODI RUDOREN
Jodi RUDOREN
Memo from Jerusalem; many liberal Israelis say that current conflict in Gaza has sharpened rightward turn in country's politics that has intensified in recent years; cite crackdown on open discourse and dissent, hostility towards those who empathize with Palestinian casualties and a disturbingly high level of support for war.
Date: 06 August 2014
By KATHERINE SCHULTEN
Katherine SCHULTEN
How does Ebola spread?
Date: 07 August 2014
By REUTERS
Date: 06 August 2014
By REUTERS