29. srpna 2004 bylo neděle pod hvězdičkou ♍. Byl 241 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl George W. Bush.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 21 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly pátek 29. srpna 2025 před 289 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou sobota 29. srpna 2026, za 75 dní. Žili jste 7 959 dní nebo přibližně 191 018 hodin nebo přibližně 11 461 091 minut nebo přibližně 687 665 460 sekund.
Date: 30 August 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Television executives face tricky questions of news judgment and politics if Republican organizers use Sept 11 imagery at convention; some say they will refrain from using those images, while others are already broadcasting them in pre-convention coverage (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
News media gathering that is part of any political convention gets off to festive start at party at Time Warner Center; news show hosts angle for celebrity bookings, but choices are meager (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
Fox News Channel turns down 60-second commercial that Nation magazine sought to run during Fox's coverage of Republican National Convention; ad highlighted what it says was Nation's independence from corporate conglomerates, mentioning by name Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns Fox; photo (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
Republican's choice of New York City for convention gives three of state's own would-be 2008 presidential candidates--Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, Gov George Pataki and Rudolph Giuliani--chance to discuss their own plans on Sunday talk programs; all are cryptic, focusing instead on election at hand (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's Magazine, apologizes for reporting on Republican National Convention as if it had already taken place; photo (M)
Date: 29 August 2004
By Randall Stross
Randall Stross
Randall Stross column on disproportionate attention paid to technology industry by prospective investors and news media; notes initial public offerings like that of Google generate far more buzz than larger offerings by companies in other industries; drawing (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Johnston and Eric Schmitt
David Johnston
Government officials say Lawrence A Franklin, Pentagon official under suspicion of turning over classified information to Israel, began cooperating with federal agents several weeks ago and was preparing to lead authorities to contacts inside Israeli government when CBS News revealed case; say this compromised effort to follow trail back to Israelis; say prior to that disclosure FBI had been conducting covert national security investigation for nearly year; no arrest in case is believed to be imminent, in part because prosecutors have not clearly established whether Franklin broke law; officials say there is evidence that he turned draft presidential policy directive related to Iran over to American Israel Public Affairs Committee, pro-Israel lobbying group whose officials reportedly passed information on to Israel; lobbying group and Israel deny any wrongdoing (M)
Date: 29 August 2004
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Marjorie Connelly
Katharine Seelye
Republican Party will show somewhat moderate face during convention, but delegates who gather in New York and are shaping party platform hold more conservative views than do most Republican voters or voters at large according to New York Times/CBS News Poll; variety of issues discussed; graph shows demographics of delegates and how they compare on issues (M)
Date: 29 August 2004
By Neil A. Lewis
Neil Lewis
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base will be scene of first US military tribunals since end of World War II; Col Peter S Brownback III, who will preside over tribunal for terrorism detainees, is questioned by defense lawyers about potential bias during preliminary hearing; nearly 70 journalists are on hand to report on tribunals; separate hearings are also underway to review status of 585 prisoners held as unlawful combatants; photo (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By Raymond Hernandez
Raymond Hernandez
Former President Bill Clinton offers hard-hitting attack against Republican Party in address at Riverside Church in New York; speech follows back-to-back appearances by Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday morning television news shows, in which she accuses Bush campaign of having hand in ads that she contends tried to smear Sen John Kerry; photo (M)