" Post Watch: Family Dynasty Continues with Katharine II ", Washingtonian, February 26, 2008.

The Washingtonian Hall was listed in 1996 and Patterson-Hooper Family Cemetery in 2008.

" The Author Who Sold Books ", Washingtonian, August 1, 2008.

" Bob Novak, “ What I've Learned ”", Washingtonian, November 1, 2008.

" Crime Fighter: John Walsh of America's Most Wanted ", Washingtonian, April 1, 2008.

* Can Nice Guy Chris Van Hollen Finish First ?, Matusow, Barbara, Washingtonian, June 1, 2008

* Graff, Garrett " Thompson discusses Georgetown's 2008 season ", The Washingtonian, December 4, 2007.

" Robert Bennett Throws Punches, Tells Tales ", Washingtonian, January 30, 2008.

" What I've Learned: Kenneth Feinberg ", Washingtonian, March 1, 2008.

"' People Were Out of Control ': Remembering the 1968 Riots ", Washingtonian, April 2008.

" A Cold, Hard Look ", Washingtonian, January 1, 2008.

" Washingtonians of the Year 2007: Donnie Simpson ", Washingtonian, January 1, 2008.

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

In early 2008, the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition named 60 companies having " dominant positions " in Armenia.

Its main building was named Albertus Magnus Hall in 2008.

On January 13, 2008, the Falcons named former Patriots director of college football scouting Thomas Dimitroff General Manager.

First-year head coach Mike Smith was named 2008 NFL Coach of the Year.

In September 2008, Acadia moved to a student-owned notebook computer version of the Acadia Advantage, now named Acadia Advantage 2. 0.

The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.

In July 2008, the UK Television series Bonekickers, dedicated an hour to Boudica in the episode named " The Eternal Fire.

In 2008, New York City radio station Q104. 3 FM WAXQ named Don McLean's " American Pie " number 37 in their 2008 Top 1, 043 Songs Of All Time listener-generated countdown.

In June 2008 McDonald's released a Happy Meal toy wearing the Devo Energy dome that they named " New Wave Nigel ".

For example, in the 2008 United States presidential election, a politician and actor named Fred Thompson ran for the Republican Party nomination.

In 2008, the museum's library was officially named the Bob Hope Memorial Library in honor of one the station's most famous immigrants.

* In 2008, the newly launched Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was named after him.

The strength of the La Niña made the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season one of the most active since 1944 ; there were 16 named storms of at least 39 mph ( 63 km / h ), eight of which became or greater hurricanes.

It was named Money magazine's Best Place to Live in the U. S. in 2006, # 2 in 2008, and # 6 in 2010.

In 2006 and in 2008, the World Bank named Georgia the top reformer in the world.

In January 2008, The American Diabetes Association named Gaynor the Honorary Spokesperson of the 2008 NYC Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk.

The government named eight newly appointed Undersecretaries on 20 May, and nine Political Assistants on 22 May 2008.

It ranked 96 in Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2006 and in October 2008, IKEA Canada LP was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.

Kain had an arts based public middle school in Etobicoke named after her ( Karen Kain School of the Arts ) in 2008.

In 2008, The Times named Peake among their list of " The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 ".

Mars Festival 2008 was smaller due to the efforts being made in other projects, particularly the Polish URC rover, named Skarabeusz.

* In 2008, PC World named Zimmermann one of the ' Top 50 Tech Visionaries ' of the last 50 years.

Fears were allayed August 27, 2008, when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is " ready to lead ".

In 2008, Carla Connor turned to Liam for comfort and developed feelings for him.

* 2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final ( planned ) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US presidential election and The New York Times has described him as a political liberal.

He has been dating Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, since 2006 and she has accompanied him to several events including the 79th Academy Awards ceremony in February 2007, an American Film Institute event in October 2007, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival held in May, and the 2010 Golden Globes.

In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of " The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 ".

Hansie is a biographical film released in 2008 about the life of Hansie Cronje that aims to portray him in a positive light and as a victim of circumstance lured by an evil system of illegal gambling and bookmakers from India.

The Mental Health ( Care and Treatment ) Act was passed in 2008 to regulate the involuntary detention of a person in a psychiatric institution for the treatment of a mental disorder, or in the interest of the health and safety of the person or the persons around him.

* 2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.

On 11 January 2008, Jay Kay himself posted a news item in which he thanked everyone who wished him the best for his birthday, and announced that the writing process for the new album had just begun.

In August 2008, Bradley Blakeman, a former aide to George W. Bush, filed a copyright lawsuit in federal court on Long Island over Grammer's movie Swing Vote, claiming that parts of its plot and marketing had been stolen from him.

In January 2008, Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella launched an attack on Fraser, after a speech he gave at Melbourne University on " the Bush Administration ( reversing ) 60 years of progress in establishing a law-based international system ", claiming errors and " either intellectual sloppiness or deliberate dishonesty ", and that he tacitly supports Islamic fundamentalism, should have no influence on foreign policy, and that his stance on the war on terror has left him open to caricature as a " frothing-at-the-mouth leftie ".

During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets ' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress ' firing on November 22 following a 31 – 3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers.

Through several well funded and well attended public rallies in late 2008, the President remained silent on the calls for him to remain.

In 2008 Time put him in their top 100 of The World's Most Influential People.

Before the 2008 presidential election he said, " On social issues, I lean Libertarian, minus the crazy stuff ," but said in December 2011 that if he were president he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that " would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground.

During the November 2008 trial on the lawsuit, a former member of the IKA said that the Klan head told him to kill Dees.

Secondly, in 2008, United States President George W. Bush had a shoe thrown at him by a journalism as a statement against the war that was brought to Iraq and the lives that it has cost.

In an interview with The Skinny in July 2008, Tricky mentioned that it was the first time that he had decided to let someone co-produce an album with him, the person in question being Bernard Butler, ex-Suede guitarist.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl ( 2008 ) In-game trophy description of the " Yeta " trophy .</ ref > Yeto helps Link by giving him soup that heal up to eight hearts of his health.

* A collection of 35 broadsheet poems of McGonagall, the majority signed by him, was bought for £ 6, 600 ( including commission ) from Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh auctionneers, on 16 May 2008 .< ref >

The 2008 Believe campaign results included Macy's collecting 1. 1 million letters from Santa Mail Red Letter boxes located in Macy's stores, that were then mailed to him through the United States Post Office " Operation Santa ", and Macy's making a matching $ 1 million US contribution to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for the letters collected by Macy's.

Following Mwanawasa's death in August 2008, Zambian vice president Rupiah Banda succeeded him to the office of president, to be held as a temporary position until the emergency election on October 30, 2008.