In a June 2008 issue of the journal Autoimmunity Reviews, researchers S Planque, Sudhir Paul, Ph. D, and Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Ph. D of the University Of Texas Medical School at Houston announced that they have engineered an abzyme that degrades the superantigenic region of the gp120 CD4 binding site.

On November 9, 2008, a radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, starring Robert Lonsdale as Paul Bäumer and Shannon Graney as Katczinsky.

* 1948 – Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician ( d. 2008 )

* Cox, Paul ; " The Legacy of Agent Orange is a Continuing Focus of VVAW ", The Veteran, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Volume 38, No. 2, Fall 2008.

* 2008 – Paul Benedict, American actor ( b. 1938 )

* Miller, Paul D. aka DJ Spooky, Sound Unbound: Writings on DJ Culture and Electronic Music, MIT Press 2008.

* Sabor, Peter & Paul Yachnin ( 2008 ).

* Paul J. McAuley, The Quiet War ( 2008 )

* 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner ( d. 2008 )

* 1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist ( d. 2008 )

* 1952 – Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer ( d. 2008 )

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Laureate in economics for 2008, wrote in his New York Times Op-Ed column for December 15, 2008:

Michael Foot's elder brothers were Sir Dingle Foot MP ( 1905 – 1978 ), a Liberal and subsequently Labour MP ; Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon ( 1907 – 1990 ), a Governor of Cyprus, a representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations from 1964 to 1970, and father to campaigning journalist Paul Foot ( 1937 – 2004 ) and charity worker Oliver Foot ( 1946 – 2008 ); and Liberal politician John Foot, Baron Foot ( 1909 – 1999 ).

The inquest lasted for six months, and the jury verdict, declared given on 7 April 2008, was that Diana and Dodi had been unlawfully killed through the negligent driving of Henri Paul and those in control of the pursuing vehicles.

On May 2, 2008 Ağca asked to be awarded Polish citizenship as he wished to spend the final years of his life in Poland, Pope John Paul II's country of origin.

The 2008 Finals saw a rematch of the league's highest profile rivalry, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, with the Celtics prevailing, for their league leading 17th championship, thanks to their new big three of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett.

On October 30, 2008, the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors honored Paul Allen for his “ unwavering commitment to nonprofit organizations in the Pacific Northwest and lifetime giving approaching US $ 1 billion .”

On October 26, 2008, Paul Allen was given the Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz for his " visionary achievements as a businessman and a global philanthropist.

In August 2008, he spoke at the book launch of Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's Interrupted Revolution, authored by economist David Love.

* Lowe, David ( 2008 ), Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution, Scribe.

* Coffey, John and Paul C. H. Lim ( 2008 ).

* Paul the Octopus ( 2008 – 2010 ), an octopus that correctly guessed results in the 2010 World Cup

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* 2008 Clint Bowyer ( Owners Championship-# 20 Joe Gibbs Racing )

* Culture & The Deejays At Joe Gibbs 1977-79 ( 2008 ), 17 North Parade

From 1999 until 2008, he drove the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car, under crew chief Greg Zipadelli, with The Home Depot as the primary sponsor.

On July 8, 2008, it was reported that Stewart was released from the last year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, primarily because JGR had switched from Chevrolet to Toyota.

On January 8, 2008, Gibbs resigned as Redskins ' head coach and team president.

Gibbs retired as head coach and president effective January 8, 2008 after completing four years of his five year contract.

Known for the success of his opening partnership with Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa's most prolific ever opening partnership, Smith has the distinction of having been part of all four of South Africa's opening partnerships of over 300 runs: in three of them he was partnered by Gibbs, and in 2008 Smith added 415 for the first wicket with Neil McKenzie against Bangladesh, a world record opening partnership.

Gibbs played for Glamorgan in the 2008 County Twenty20 tournament where he had a successful time ; his highest score being 98 off just 52 balls in a losing game against Northants.

In April 2008, Herschelle Gibbs was picked up by and joined the Deccan Chargers of the Indian Premier League.

Joe Gibbs born Joel A. Gibson ( 14 October 1942, Montego Bay — 21 February 2008 ) was a Jamaican reggae producer.

On January 23, 2008, it was reported in Newsday. com that Jim Fassel was again the leading candidate for the Redskins ' head-coaching position, which opened up as a result of Joe Gibbs ' retirement for the second time in that position.

It was announced two months later that Busch had chosen Joe Gibbs Racing for his team in the 2008 season.

Busch also ran 30 Nationwide races, and along with Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Tony Stewart helped win the 2008 Nationwide series Owners Championship for Joe Gibbs Racing for the number 20 car.

* Joe Gibbs ( 1942 – 2008 ; born Joel Gibson ), Jamaican record producer

Also in 2008, senior guard Ashton Gibbs, broke Keven McDonald's over 30-year-old all-time scoring record of 1, 774 points.

In 2008, freshman Sterling Gibbs was ranked fourteenth from Hoop Scoop's exclusive ranking of the top players at the Freshman All American camp at Hoop Magic Sports Academy in Chantilly, Virginia

During the middle of the 2007 season Joe Gibbs announced that his team would be switching to Toyota in 2008.

Gibbs also announced that Yeley would not return for 2008.

Hammond teamed with Cris Collinsworth to call the secondary Saturday Wild Card playoff game for NBC each year, including Chiefs-Colts in January 2007, Redskins-Seahawks in 2008, and Falcons-Cardinals in 2009, but teamed with Joe Gibbs and Joe Theismann for the Jets-Bengals Wild Card playoff game in January 2010, as Cris Collinsworth partnered with Al Michaels in the 2009 season due to the retirement of John Madden after the 2008 season.

On June 9th, 2008, Stewart was granted a release from his final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing and moved to Haas CNC Racing, renamed Stewart-Haas Racing due to Stewart's 50 % ownership.

On August 25th, 2008, Joe Gibbs Racing announced Joey Logano would replace Stewart as the driver of the # 20 car for the 2009 season in the Sprint Cup Series.

On January, 5th, 2008 the Muscle Milk / Toyota / JGRMX Supercross / Motocross Team which was founed by Coy Gibbs debut at round one of the 2008 Supercross Series in Aneheim CA.