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August 2014

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August 31st
- San Francisco 49ers DL Ray McDonald arrested for felony domestic violence
August 30th
- St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, the NFL's first openly gay player
August 29th
- Putin asks separatists to release Ukrainian soldiers
- Malaysia Airlines will fire 6,000 of its staffers
August 28th
- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Ray Rice punishment: 'I didn't get it right'
- Rebel leader: Russians fighting Ukraine are just on 'vacation'
- The U.S. economy grew even faster than first estimated in the second quarter of the year
August 27th
- Appeals court overturns convictions in Amish hair hate-crime attacks
- NFL upholds one-year suspension for Cleveland Browns' Josh Gordon
August 26th
- Egypt announces 'open-ended' cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
- Car bomb kills 11 in Baghdad
- Israel bombs two Gaza high-rises
August 25th
- U.S. officials: Egypt, United Arab Emirates launched airstrikes in Libya
- Ukrainian President Poroshenko dissolves parliament
- Concealed carry applications up, crime down in Chicago
- Suicide bombing kills 12 in Baghdad
- Syria's foreign minister warns U.S. not to conduct unilateral airstrikes against ISIS militants
August 24th
- Magnitude 6.0 earthquake knocks out power to thousands in California
August 23rd
- Photos: Thousands march through Staten Island in rally for Eric Garner
August 22nd
- Hamas kills 11 people suspected of being informers to Israel
August 21st
- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: 'U.S. military involvement in Iraq is not over'
- Federal judge nixes Florida gay marriage ban
- Iran offers to help defeat ISIS — if the U.S. lifts nuclear sanctions
- Hamas says 3 senior leaders killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza
August 20th
- Obama: 'No just God' would support ISIS brutality
- White House confirms video of James Foley's execution is authentic
- Islamic militants attack Syrian air base
August 19th
- North Korea reportedly moves tanks to Chinese border over 'betrayal' fears
- Vikings will donate to gay rights groups to settle lawsuit over alleged homophobia
August 18th
- North Korea warns of 'merciless pre-emptive strike' against U.S. and South Korea
August 17th
- Eric Holder orders feds to conduct independent autopsy of Michael Brown
August 16th
- Missouri Gov. Nixon declares state of emergency, enacts curfew in Ferguson
- Hamas threatens 'long war' if Israel refuses Palestinian demands
- Biden: Russia's military activities in Ukraine are not humanitarian
- London dockworkers discover 35 people, one dead, in shipping container
- Pope Francis pauses for prayer at South Korean 'cemetery for abortion victims'
- U.S. reportedly carries out airstrikes near ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam
August 15th
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicted by grand jury for alleged abuse of power in D.A. funding controversy
- Ferguson police chief: Michael Brown's killer didn't know he was a robbery suspect
- Ferguson police release name of Michael Brown's shooter
- Giant Lenin head reported missing in Berlin
August 14th
- Report: Chuck Todd to replace David Gregory as Meet the Press host
August 13th
- Report: Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos dies in plane crash
August 12th
- Donald Sterling is officially out as Clippers owner
- Tripoli's police chief found dead in Libya
- U.S. will give South Sudan $180 million in emergency aid
- Ukraine will likely deny access to Russian aid trucks
August 11th
- Robin Williams dead at 63; suicide suspected
- Steubenville teen convicted of rape returns to playing football
- Barneys will pay $525K in fines after racial profiling investigation
- Iraq's president nominates new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi
August 10th
- Israel, Hamas agree to new 72-hour ceasefire
- Iraqi official: ISIS has killed at least 500 Yazidis
- Palestinian negotiators reportedly accept new 72-hour ceasefire, but still no response from Israel
August 9th
- Hamas spokesman: 'We are going to continue this war'
- Kurdish security forces reportedly open safe passage for Yazidis from Iraqi mountain
- Obama says handling Iraq crisis 'is going to be a long-term project'
August 8th
- Former Reagan press secretary's death ruled a homicide
- Malaysia Airlines will be de-listed, undergo 'complete overhaul' following two major tragedies
- FAA bans U.S. airlines from flying in Iraq airspace
August 5th
- 21st Century Fox drops bid to buy Time Warner
- San Antonio Spurs make Becky Hammon NBA's second ever female coach
August 4th
- Israel, Hamas agree to 72-hour cease-fire
August 2nd
- First Ebola-infected patient arrives in the United States
- Log shows 15 separate drug doses were used in botched Arizona execution
- Hamas: We don't know the whereabouts of the missing Israeli soldier
August 1st
- Kerry asks Turkey and Qatar to secure release of Israeli soldier
- Violence shatters Gaza cease-fire
- Ex-aide to Prince Philip charged with sexual assault

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