In 2008, Coleman was involved in an automobile accident after an altercation at a Payson, Utah bowling alley which began when Colt Rushton, age 24, photographed Coleman without his permission ; the two men argued, according to witnesses.

Dunst was treated for depression in early 2008 at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah.

On April 28, 2008, the Utah Transit Authority opened the FrontRunner commuter rail line from Salt Lake City north to Ogden, serving the length of Davis County with stations in Woods Cross, Farmington, Layton, and Clearfield.

Carbon County is the second largest natural gas producer in Utah ( after Uintah County ), with 94 billion cubic feet produced in 2008.

In 2008 it was one of three counties in Utah that backed Barack Obama over John McCain.

In the Utah gubernatorial election, 2004 nearly 70 % of the county's vote went for Jon Huntsman, Jr. and in the 2008 election he received roughly 75 % of the vote.

* The 2008 documentary Happy Valley is about drug abuse in Utah County.

Uintah County is the largest natural gas producer in Utah, with 272 billion cubic feet produced in 2008.

The Magic clinched the Southeast Division title when the Washington Wizards were routed at Utah 129 – 87 on March 31, 2008.

On December 12, 2008, it was reported that Mitchell could not legally be forcibly medicated by the State of Utah to attempt to restore his mental competency, also claiming that it is " unnecessary and needlessly harsh ," and therefore a violation of the Utah state constitution, to prolong trial proceedings to this length.

In the spring of 2008 the Perry Utah Stake was created by a division of the Willard Utah Stake.

A newsletter from the city's mayor in 2009 noted that West Haven was the fastest growing city in Utah in 2008.

In 2008, the Ultimate XC Series expanded to three ultra-running races which included Quebec in June, Jay, Vermont in July, and Moab, Utah in November.

On January 17, 2008, in a Nuggets ' home win against the Utah Jazz, Camby became just the third player since blocked shots became an official NBA stat in 1973 – 74 with at least 24 rebounds and 11 blocks in a game.

* Plans to Mix Oil Drilling and Art Clash in Utah, article by Kirk Johnson in the New York Times, 27 March 2008.

Also, the region as a whole has witnessed some of the highest population growth in the United States ; and according to the U. S. Census bureau, in 2008 – 2009, Utah was the fastest growing state in America.

In 2008, the Liberty drafted former Rutgers shooting guard Essence Carson and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill forward Erlana Larkins, and signed former University of Utah point guard Leilani Mitchell during the preseason.

In 2008, alongside his sister Toni, D ' Onofrio began hosting events to raise money for the Utah Meth Cops Project.

On August 6, 2008, the Nader / Gonzalez campaign submitted sufficient signatures to appear on the Iowa and Utah ballots as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate.

This regrouping of the 1988 – 1991 line up of Rockapella was originally scheduled to occur only twice: once as a practice gig on July 26, 2008, and a second time at the 2008 A Cappellastock in Ogden, Utah on August 23.

Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008.

The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit, the city's subway system, was launched in early 2008.

The Chicago City Council approved, by a 41 – 6 vote on February 6, 2008, an increase in the city's real-estate transfer tax to bail out the Chicago Transit Authority.

The Burien Transit Center began construction in July 2008 and finished in June 2009.

On October 27, 2008, the Metro Transit Police Department announced plans to immediately begin random searches of backpacks, purses, and other bags.

Before the 2008 purchase, SEPTA borrowed an MTA New York City Transit Orion hybrid to evaluate it in service.

From 1989 to 2008, state highways were the responsibility of Transit New Zealand, a Crown entity.

In August 2008, Transit and Land Transport NZ merged to become the NZ Transport Agency.

In September 2008, President F. King Alexander announced the school's new " U-PASS " program in conjunction with Long Beach Transit.

On March 17, 2008, after 15 years as Triangle Transit Authority, the Board of Trustees changed the agency's name and logo to Triangle Transit.

Grand River Transit has purchased six Diesel-Hybrid buses which began service in late August 2008.

RTC Transit ( formerly CAT or Citizens Area Transit 1992 – 2008 ) provides service on the Strip with double decker buses known as The Deuce.

Other recent projects include the 2006 Transit Center addition to the north end of Lory Student Center ( certified LEED Gold ), an expansion of the Student Recreation Center, and the new Computer Science Building, completed in 2008.

In December 2008, at the Screen 2 presentation of the federally mandated Alternatives Analysis Study, the possible corridors and modes of transit were furthered narrowed down to either Halsted Street ( Bus Rapid Transit or elevated Heavy Rail Transit ) and the Union Pacific Railroad corridor ( elevated Heavy Rail Transit ).

The Provincial Transit Plan of 2008 included a 6-km extension of the Expo line from King George Station in Surrey east to Guildford, then along 152 Street to the Fraser Highway and southeast as far as 168 Street.

After GRTC was formed, ATE, through a subsidiary, continued to provide management and employees, an ongoing relationship of over 60 years in the community, as ATE as of April 2008, continued to hold a controlling interest in GRTC Transit Services, Inc., the operating company.

In September 2008, Metro Transit Police stepped up their visibility and presence at all stations with high student ridership, including Anacostia.

As of July 2008, pair 3352-3353 is at the New York City Transit Museum.

In January 2008, pair 4192-4193 were displayed in the New York Transit Museum ; this pair was later reefed.

Metro Transit Police stepped up their visibility and presence even further in September 2008 at all stations with high student ridership, including Anacostia.

* In February 2008, HP Enterprise Services signed a US $ 1. 3 billion contract with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, one of the largest IT projects ever undertaken in Asia.

* Musa, A. Y. Hadith as Scripture: Discussions on The Authority Of Prophetic Traditions in Islam, New York: Palgrave, 2008.

In June 2008, the Assembly of the Authority elected by acclamation Nii Allotey Odunton of Ghana, Deputy to the Secretary-General since 1996, for a four-year term as Secretary-General beginning 1 January 2009.

In 2008, the Authority received two new applications for authorization to explore for polymetallic nodules, coming for the first time from private firms in developing island nations of the Pacific.

Reporting on these developments in his annual report to the Authority in April 2008, Secretary-General Nandan referred also to the upward trend in demand and prices for cobalt, copper, nickel and manganese, the main metals that would be derived from seabed mining, and he noted that technologies being developed for offshore extraction could be adapted for deep sea mining.

A campaign was launched in February 2008 to identify participants, establish a network of cooperating bodies and seek outside funds to augment the initial $ 3 million endowment from the Authority.

In order to further coordinate their efforts, in April 2008 the riparian countries which form the Niger Basin Authority adopted a Niger Basin Water Charta, a basin-wide 30-year investment plan and a 5-year priority investment plan.

As the Jets sought to become a stronger franchise and remove themselves from their counterparts ' shadow, the team entered into negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in an attempt to build a stadium on the west side of Manhattan, entering a bidding war with TransGas Energy Systems and Cablevision for the rights to the West Side Yard property — Hess, prior to his death, had been approached by former mayor Rudy Giuliani about bringing the team to the West Side when their lease at Giants Stadium expired in 2008.

The 2008 episode " Authority " of Law and Order: SVU has Detective Munch mentioning Milgram's experiment in reference to corporate training at HappiBurger ( a McDonalds-like restaurant ).

New Rules of Navigation that constitute an improvement over the older ones were passed by the board of directors of the Suez Canal Authority ( SCA ) to organise vessels ’ and tankers ’ transit that came into force as of 1 January 2008.

* 1 January 2008 — New rules of navigation passed on by the Suez Canal Authority come into force.

On 20 September 2008, he announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee, following a conclusion by Judge Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority ( NPA ), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption.

As of October 2008, these forces remained in Kosovo and between 1998 and 2008, the aid given to Kosovo by the UAE ’ s Red Crescent Authority alone cost Dh125 million, the biggest international humanitarian mission in the UAE's history.

In 2008, Cook founded a project called The Brighton Port Authority.

The Brighton Port Authority debuted in 2008 with a collaboration with David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal titled " Toe Jam ", along with a music video featuring nude dancers with censor bars on them, making pictures and words with them.

Schakel, Arjan H. ( 2008 ), ' Validation of the Regional Authority Index ', Regional and Federal Studies, Routeledge, Vol.

In 2008 the European Food Safety Authority concluded that " a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of Femarelle and increased BMD, increased bone formation, or decreased risk of osteoporosis or other bone disorders in post-menopausal women.

On 8 April 2008, during his visit in Israel and Palestinian Authority, Bildt gave an interview to Swedish state radio, where he responded to a question on whether or not it would be possible to strike a peace deal without the involvement of the Palestinian group Hamas, which remained under international boycott.

According to the Israel Civil Aviation Authority, as of 31 January 2008, Israel's civil aircraft fleet consisted of 53 aircraft ; 47 passenger planes, 5 freighters and one convertible.

* " Your Hurricane Authority " ( October 2005 ; 2008 – present )

* " Your Winter Weather Authority " ( January 2008 – present )

* Keulen, Wytse, Gellius the Satirist: Roman Cultural Authority in Attic Nights ( Leiden, Brill, 2008 ) ( Mnemosyne Supplements, 297 ).