In April 2008, the holding company, responding to losses and difficulties sustained as a result of the 2007-2008 subprime mortgage crisis, announced that 3, 000 people companywide would lose their jobs, and the company stated its intent to close its approximately 186 remaining stand-alone, home-loan offices, including 23 in Washington State and a loan-processing center in Bellevue, Washington.

* First Mutual Bank, Bellevue, WA, 2008

Joel Gold, a psychiatrist at the Bellevue Hospital Center, revealed that by 2008, he had met five patients with schizophrenia ( and heard of another twelve ) who believed their lives were reality television shows.

* Caerleon, 15 Ginahgulla Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney ( sold for $ 22 million in January 2008 )

The 2008 Seafair Half Marathon and Seafair Marathon began at Husky Stadium, crossed the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, and ended at Bellevue, Washington's Bellevue Downtown Park.

* October 1, 2008 — SNAPin Software, Inc. of Bellevue, WA — $ 180 million in shares of common stock.

They won their second national title in a rematch exactly four years later, to the day, against the Bruins from Bellevue, 63-56 in 2008.

Future extensions that were approved by voters in 2008 are planned to connect the University of Washington to Northgate, Lynnwood and other areas to the north ; east across Lake Washington to Bellevue and Redmond ; and south to Federal Way.

A 2008 construction project demolished the Wilburton Tunnel which formerly covered a portion of the freeway between Factoria and Bellevue.

Prior to winning the 2008 state championship, the Bellevue football team was involved in a rollover bus crash several hours prior to playing the Capital Cougars ( Olympia, WA ) in the state semi-finals in the Tacoma Dome.

In 2008 saw a return to Traditional Offshore Racing with www. OffshoreEvents. net hosting the Sunny Isles Beach Offshore Powerboat Challenge Weekend featuring " The Don Aronow Memorial Race, Bimini & Back ".

The next similar event, ' Big Beach Boutique 4 ', was held on 27 September 2008.

One Foot Island was awarded " Australasia's Leading Beach " at the World Travel Awards held in Sydney in June 2008.

On November 20, 2008, the MSA took on its present name when Panama City Beach was designated a principal city by the Office of Management and Budget.

The band playing at Brighton Beach in August 2008.

According to the Congressional Quarterly Press ' 2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, Virginia Beach, Virginia ranks 311th in violent crime amount 385 cities containing more than 75, 000 inhabitants.

Parks is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Brian Wilson, and especially for his lyrical contributions to the Beach Boys album SMiLE and Wilson's 2008 solo project, " That Lucky Old Sun ".

At the beginning of the 2008 summer season a worlds first Segway Grand Prix was opened at the Pleasure Beach gardens.

In 2008 Chief Red Blood Anthony Morales received the prestigious “ Heritage Award ” from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

Bombay Beach was also the location and the topic segment of the U. S. Southwest episode of the Travel Channel series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations aired in 2008.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department 2008 crime statistics rank Imperial Beach below the national average in all areas reported.

Solana Beach returned to the national spotlight on April 25, 2008 when retired veterinarian and 38-year resident Dr. David Martin, 66 years old, suffered a fatal injury from an extremely rare great white shark bite while swimming with a group approximately off shore near Solana Beach's Fletcher Cove.

As of October 8, 2008 the Pompano Beach Fire Department began providing services after Broward Sheriff's Office closed their station in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL which had previously served the village.

*" Beach Cowmen – A Slice of Local Lore '" by Keri Hendry, a story in the April, 2008 Island Sand Paper

Jensen Beach was rated the " Top Spot for Beach Volleyball " in 2008 by the " Prime Time Magazine " is a part of the Treasure Coast which derives its name from the ships that wrecked during the 17th century because of coral reefs in the shallow waters.

Sunny Isles Beach was also the 2008 site of MTV's annual " Spring Break " celebration, with headquarters at the local Newport Beachside Resort.

* As of 2008 the median home price in Highland Beach was $ 4, 000, 000

* Palm Beach International Raceway a racing facility built in 1965, and was remodeled in 2008 in and attempt to obtain a FIA Grade II Certification.

Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., the current president of the Maryland Senate ( as of April 2008 ), lives in Chesapeake Beach.

* Rice is also home to Benton Beach Course, an 18 hole disc golf course that was host to the 2008 Minnesota Disc Golf Championship.

The Surf City Beach Patrol ( SCBP ) won the Surf City Epic, Lavallette, Ortley Beach, Island Beach State Park, the Midway Beach, and " Islands " Tournaments in 2008, narrowly missing out on victories at Sandy Hook ( 2nd ) and the Ship Bottom ( 2nd ) " State Tournament " losing by only a combined 4. 5 points.

The original Yankee Stadium closed in 2008 to make way for a new Yankee Stadium in which the team started play in 2009 ; it's north-northeast of the 1923 Yankee Stadium, on the former site of Macombs Dam Park.

The sellout streak set a Major League Baseball record ; this was broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008, though Boston's Fenway Park is considerably smaller than Progressive Field.

The Book of Peace by Christine de Pizan. University Park: Penn State Press, 2008.

On the 2008 album In Ear Park by the indie / pop band Department of Eagles, a bowed upright bass is featured quite prominently on the songs Teenagers and In Ear Park.

Its fortunes have risen since the Red Sox ' 1967 " Impossible Dream " season, and on September 8, 2008 with a game versus the Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park broke the all-time Major League record with its 456th consecutive sellout, surpassing the previous record held by Jacobs Field ( now Progressive Field ) in Cleveland, Ohio.

Before the 2008 season, Fenway Park's capacity was increased to 37, 373, where it remains following additional renovations for the 2009 season, making its total capacity the fourth smallest, ahead of Marlins Park, the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and Tropicana Field.

) ( 2008 ) Methodism in Southern Africa: A celebration of Wesleyan Mission AcadSA Publishers, Kempton Park.

The team headquarters and training facility, Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, which opened in 2008, is located in Florham Park.

Previously living together in Peterston-Super-Ely, a village near the western outskirts of Cardiff, in 2008 they moved to Tufnell Park, London, to be closer to their daughter and grandchildren.

British examples are At Risk ( 2004 ), Secret Asset ( 2006 ), Illegal Action ( 2007 ), and Dead Line ( 2008 ), by Dame Stella Rimington ( formerly the Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996 ) and The Code Snatch ( 2001 ) by Alan Stripp, formerly a cryptographer at Bletchley Park.

The annual national championship for Club Racing is called the SCCA National Championship Runoffs and has been held at Riverside International Raceway ( 1964, 1966, 1968 ), Daytona International Speedway ( 1965, 1967, 1969 ), Road Atlanta ( 1970 – 1993 ), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ( 1994 – 2005 ), and Heartland Park Topeka ( 2006 – 2008 ).

On April 17, 2008, during the series against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park, the Padres played the longest game in team history, in terms of innings ( 22 ), losing 2 – 1.

The triggering of the controlled demolition of the former Barrack Road bottling plant opposite St James ' Park was ceremonially performed by Sir Bobby Robson on 23 June 2008.

B reactor was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service on August 19, 2008.

November 9, 2008 was the last day the public tours included Monument Park and the retired number area.

On November 12, 2008 construction workers began removing memorials from Monument Park for relocation to the new facility.

Monument Park remained there until the stadium's closing in 2008 ; after the new Yankee Stadium opened, the retired numbers, plaques, and monuments were moved into a new Monument Park in the new ballpark.

Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute held in Hyde Park, London on 27 June 2008, to commemorate Mandela's ninetieth birthday, and again promote awareness of the HIV / AIDS pandemic.

In December 2008, Blur announced they would reunite for a concert at London's Hyde Park on 3 July 2009.

A tour during the summer of 2008 included performances with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D. C., the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia, and Houston.

2008 saw the event moved to Oran Park Raceway as a dual finale for both the 2008 series, as the veteran Sydney circuit's closure was imminent.

On 7 November 2008 The Park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves.