In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".

In 2008 she was awarded the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award by the Ford Hall Forum.

In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been “ crystalised ” by Nigel Lawson's book An Appeal to Reason, before stating in 2009 that " There is no climate change, hasn ’ t anybody looked out of their window recently?

In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial / religious hatred in relation to a letter she wrote, a copy of which she sent to Nicolas Sarkozy when he was Interior Minister of France.

During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as " stupid " and a " disgrace to women ".

On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions, which features songs from the period of 1996 – 2001 ( including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band ), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001.

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

In July 2008 she appeared on the Southern California radio show of longtime friend, newscaster George Putnam, reported in the Los Angeles Times.

In 2002 she returned to the concert stage ; she later went on the Backwoods Barbie Tour in 2008 promoting Backwoods Barbie.

* In the 2008 HBO television movie Recount, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris ( portrayed by Laura Dern ) compares herself to Queen Esther, of whom she says " was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people.

The children ’ s author Anne Fine presented an overview of the concerns about Blyton's work and responses to them on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008, in which she noted the “ drip, drip, drip of disapproval ” associated with the books.

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.

However, Price and Coleman married in 2007 ; and while they divorced in 2008, Price claimed in a court petition that she remained Coleman's common-law wife, sharing bank accounts and presenting themselves publicly as husband and wife, until his death ; an assertion that, if validated by the court, would make her the lawful heir.

In 2008 she became the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.

In 2008 it became known that during 2007 she had received two treatments at Ullevål, paid for by Norwegian public expenditures.

Chelsy also accompanied Harry to the wedding of Harry's cousin, Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly in May 2008, where she was introduced to the Queen for the first time.

In the 2008 U. S. Women's Chess Championship, she lost by one second on time controls in a playoff with IM and WGM Anna Zatonskih.

In January 2008 she competed in the strong Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament, scoring a respectable 6 / 13 and tied 9 – 11 in the 14 player tournament.

" I make more use of my experience now and try to work more efficiently so that my efforts aren't wasted ", she said in 2008.

On April 15, 2008, she announced that in 2010 the foundation will be opening a museum devoted to Jackie in Lower Manhattan.

It was reported by mainstream UK press in late September 2008 that she had been evicted from her home, was on the verge of bankruptcy, and was living in a hotel in west London by the good graces of the hotel management until her financial situation could be resolved.

On February 11, 2011 it was further reported that she had been made bankrupt over her stay at the five-star Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in London's upmarket Knightsbridge in 2008.

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

During the Orioles ' heyday in the 1970s, a club song, appropriately titled " Orioles Magic ", was composed, and played when the team ran out until Opening Day of 2008.

A second edition of Bunnies & Burrows was printed in 1982 by Fantasy Games Unlimited, although the continuing popularity of the first edition is evidenced by how it was still being actively played in 2008.

In his book Born Again ( 1976 and 2008 ), Watergate conspirator Chuck Colson describes his path to faith in conjunction with his criminal imprisonment and played a significant role in solidifying the " born again " identity as a cultural construct in the US.

* Cyril Domoraud ( b. 1971 ), Ivorian football player ( senior career 1992 – 2008 ) who played for the Côte d ' Ivoire national team ( 1995 – 2006 )

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

On 6 December 2008 Crowded House played the Homebake festival in Sydney, with warm up gigs at small venues in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney.

The game was the most played Half-Life modification in terms of players, according to GameSpy in 2008.

* 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16 – 3.

In the 2008 film August, directed by Austin Chick, he played a supporting role as Ogilvie, alongside Josh Hartnett and Rip Torn, with whom he had worked in 1976 for The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Devo played dates in the United States, Japan, Australia, France, and Spain in the summer of 2008.

The decision to hold the semi-finals at the same location as the final can be controversial amongst fans However, starting with the 2008 cup, all semi-finals are played at Wembley ; the stadium was not ready for the 2007 semi-finals.

The first ever IFF-sanctioned wheelchair floorball matches were played between the men's teams of the Czech Republic and Sweden, during the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.

Guatemala City was announced in November 2007 to host the 2008 edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, played at the Domo Polideportivo from June 2 to June 8, 2008.

Following their Super Bowl championship, the Colts would go onto a 13 – 3 record during the 2007 season and would lose to the San Diego Chargers in the divisional playoffs, which would be the final game the Colts played at the RCA Dome, with the Colts moving into Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008.

In November 2008, Polgár played the number 2 board for the Hungarian open (" men's ") team in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, finishing 3½ / 8.

In 2008, he played an MIT lecturer in the film 21, along with Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, and Jim Sturgess.

The Wizards played their home games at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas in 2008, and ended a four year playoff drought by posting an 11 – 10 – 9 record, which was good enough for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

In 2008, the club played a regular season home game against the Los Angeles Galaxy at the stadium to accommodate the large crowd expected for David Beckham's Galaxy debut.

* Jimmy Bonthrone, footballer and manager: born Kinglassie, Fife 16 June 1929 ; played for East Fife 1947-58, Dundee 1958-60 ; manager, East Fife 1963-69, Aberdeen 1971-75 ; general manager, East Fife 1980-94 ; married ( two sons ); died Kirkcaldy, Fife 7 June 2008.

She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ) and starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ( 2008 ).

Men's basketball has been played at Sprint Center since March 2008, and women's basketball is played at Municipal Auditorium.

From October 2007 to January 2008, he played the role of Wilbur Turnblad in the London production of Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre.