Sheen initially endorsed New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in the 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, and helped raise funds for his campaign.

In December 2008, Jay Richardson announced that he would be placing the old casket up for auction on eBay, giving a share of the proceeds to the Texas Musicians Museum, but downplayed the suggestion in later interviews.

The museum is now located in downtown Waxahachie, Texas and houses the exhibits of Texas musicians and Texas music memorabilia, including the original casket of J. P. “ The Big Bopper ” Richardson whose body was reinterred in 2008.

Iacocca endorsed New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson for President in the 2008 Presidential Election.

On December 10, 2008, a little over a month into the season, the Bobcats traded their leading scorer, Jason Richardson along with Jared Dudley to Phoenix in exchange for Boris Diaw and Raja Bell.

* Belland, Brian., Glazewski, Krista D., and Richardson, Jennifer C. ( 2008 ).

Additionally, Democratic governor Bill Richardson and Republican former mayor Rudy Giuliani, both Catholics, sought the nomination for their respective parties in the 2008 presidential election.

On December 3, 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama designated Richardson for appointment to the cabinet-level position of Commerce Secretary.

Later works have further developed the concept in efforts to better understand what actual planners do when they plan ( Allmendinger and Gunder 2005 ; Flyvbjerg and Richardson 2002 ; Gunder 2003 ; Pløger 2001 ; Roy 2008 ; Tang 2000 ; Yiftachel 1998, 2006 ).

* On April 18, 2008, a WestJet Boeing 737-700 aircraft en route from Hamilton to Calgary carrying 106 people including crew had to make an emergency landing at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport because of a potential hydraulic issue.

* January 3, 2008 – Barack Obama ( 38 %), John Edwards ( 30 %), Hillary Clinton ( 29 %), Bill Richardson ( 2 %), Joe Biden ( 1 %)

* interview with Richardson at South Devon Talent Showcase 2008.

Martin Scorsese ( Shine a Light, 2007, as camera operator under supervision of cinematographer Robert Richardson ) and The Coen Brothers ( Burn After Reading, 2008 ).

In 2008, construction began just east of the station of a combination residential / retail development " Spring Valley Station District ", a planned development district within the City of Richardson.

In 2008, it was reported that Mike Richardson, of Dark Horse Entertainment, had come on board as a producer.

In the 2008 adaptation of The Colour of Magic, Van Den Broeke reprises the physical role, with Lee returning to the voice after the death of Richardson.

Bush was often described as a résumé candidate ; in the 2008 election, the label has been applied to Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd ( by Jon Stewart when interviewing Dodd on The Daily Show ).

Mark Richardson confirmed reports that the band was reforming in an interview with Drummer Magazine ( November 2008 issue ), and said that the band planned to release a " best of " compilation as well as new material.

On November 23, 2008, for the first time after he left, Richardson rejoined his former bandmates on stage in Hollywood Palladium, LA.

The Richardson Evans Memorial Playing Fields, adjacent to Wimbledon Common, play host to a variety of sporting activities including football, rugby football, cricket, Australian rules football and frisbee, with the site being used to host the UK Ultimate Frisbee Championships in 2007 and the European Ultimate Frisbee Championships in 2008.

* David John Leyburn Richardson ( 1999 – 2008 ) Dean Emeritus

* Richardson, Henry S. ( 2008 ).

Bill Richardson was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination to run for the office of U. S. President in 2008.

The club celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2008, and in 2009 contracted former West Indies cricket captain Richie Richardson to coach and play for the team for the following four years.

Burton ( 2008 ) argues that Lincoln's republicanism was taken up by the Freedmen as they were emancipated.

In 2008, it was discovered that the inactivation of only two genes in one species of annual plant leads to the conversion into a perennial plant.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

In 2008, the world's total arable land amounted to 13, 805, 153 km², whereas 48, 836, 976 km² was classified as " agricultural land.

A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.

To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

For this reason, Armenia was virtually unaffected by the Liquidity crisis of September 2008.

It hosted the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams that was played from 1940 until 2008.

In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power < ref >

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

It replaces the " sheaves of wheat " design, and was minted until 2008.

On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

It was not until June 6, 2008 that Japan formally recognised the Ainu as an indigenous group ( see Official Recognition, below ).

On June 6, 2008, a bi-partisan, non-binding resolution was approved by the Japanese Diet calling upon the government to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan, and urging an end to discrimination against the group.

Its main building was named Albertus Magnus Hall in 2008.

In 2008 the skeleton of Queen Eadgyth, granddaughter of Alfred the Great was found in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.

In December 2008, HDMS Absalon was involved in the rescue of putative Somali pirates 90 miles off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).