Dismissed by the district court, the case was heard on appeal and the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling on May 21, 2008.

At the 2008 Olympics, Vijender Singh Beniwal won a middleweight ( 75 kg ) bronze medal and Vikas Krishan Yadav boxer from Bhiwani district won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.

In June 2008 a new Internet cafe opened on Praslin, set up in the district administration office at Baie Ste Anne, under the sponsorship of the Jj Spirit Foundation, the Lions Club of Paradise Seychelles and Cable & Wireless.

The population of the city of Dresden is 523, 058 ( 2010 ), the population of the Dresden agglomeration is 780, 561 ( 2008 ), and the population of Region Dresden ( which includes the neighbouring districts of Meißen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge and the western part of the district of Bautzen ) is 1, 143, 197 ( 2007 ).

In February 2008, a Facebook group formed by law professor John Palfrey encouraged him to run for Congress from California's 12th congressional district, the seat vacated by the death of U. S. Representative Tom Lantos.

In 2008, the portion of Route 101 that runs from the Conejo Grade to the Old Town district of Camarillo was dedicated as the Adolfo Camarillo Memorial Highway to honor the city's namesake and extends through the boundaries of the original Camarillo family ranch.

In 2008 sister congresswomen Loretta Sanchez and Linda Sanchez published the joint memoir Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress. Publishers Weekly reviewed the book and wrote: " Linda and Loretta Sanchez present their compelling story — noteworthy not only for their history-making achievements ( including first sisters or women of any relation to serve together in Congress, first woman and person of color to represent a district in Orange County, first Latina on the House Judiciary Committee and first Head Start child to be elected to Congress ) but also for its “ American Dream ” aspect — their parents immigrated from Mexico and despite lacking a formal education managed to send their seven children to college.

Federally, Provo is part of Utah's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Jason Chaffetz, elected in 2008.

He has also been active with the Democratic Party of the United States, twice running for the nomination of his party for the U. S. House of Representatives — once from New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in 1984 and from California's 24th congressional district in 2008.

On May 21, 2007, Maggin announced that he would be running for the 2008 Democratic party nomination for California's 24th congressional district seat.

As of 2008, Nordfriesland was the most visited rural district in Germany.

In 2008 Republican Tim Krieger picked up the 57th House district left open by the retirement of Democrat Tom Tangretti.

Despite the advantage in Democratic registration in the district, voters elected Republicans Charlie Dent in 2004, 2006 and 2008 and, previously, Pat Toomey in 1998, 2000, and 2002.

In 2008, the Oregon house seat encompassing the city of Bend switched parties and hosted the only Democratic state legislator from a district east of the Cascades, though the Republicans retook the seat in 2010.

McClain represents the 82nd Ohio House district, which also includes all of Crawford County and part of northern Marion County, having served in the Ohio House since his election in November 2008.

As part of Ohio's 5th congressional district and Ohio's 15th congressional district it had been represented by Republicans for almost seventy years until the 2008 election, when Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, won a close, disputed contest against Steve Stivers.

Sierra County voters approved the creation of a spaceport tax district in April 2008, freeing up funding for its construction.

2008 election results are as follows: Republican Jack Hoogendyk received 59. 08 % of Ottawa County's vote in his failed bid against US Senator Carl Levin ; Republican Representative Peter Hoekstra received 71. 7 % of the vote ; Republican David Agema received 73. 45 % in the race for the 74th district ; Republican Arlan B. Meekhof received 60. 71 % in his race for the 89th District ; Republican Joseph Haveman received 71. 92 % in his race for the 90th District ; and Holly Hughes received 61. 55 % in her failed bid against Mary Valentine for the 91st District.

Steuben County is part of Indiana's 3rd congressional district and in 2008 was represented by Mark Souder in the United States Congress.

Starke County is part of Indiana's 2nd congressional district and in 2008 was represented by Joe Donnelly in the United States Congress.

St. Joseph County is part of Indiana's 2nd congressional district and in 2008 was represented by Joe Donnelly in the United States Congress.

Pulaski County is part of Indiana's 2nd congressional district and in 2008 was represented by Joe Donnelly in the United States Congress.

Noble County is part of Indiana's 3rd congressional district and in 2008 was represented by Mark Souder in the United States Congress.

The speed limits on the main roads in Sweden were changed on many stretches in October 2008, which saw the introduction of the 120 km / h limit.

Also, in 2008 Mason changed its mascot from the " Gunston " animal to the " Patriot ".

This order was complied with, but when firearms owners returned to reclaim their firearms, they were informed that their licences had expired while their firearms were in custody ( Irish firearms licences until 2008 were issued for a period of one year, and all licences were usually dealt with at the same time, usually at the start of August, though the date has changed over the years ).

The original film was redone in 2008, updating the computer graphics and re-recording the sound in 6. 1 surround sound, though some members of the cast had to be changed.

McLane and Crane had a previous handshake agreement for the franchise in 2008, but Crane abruptly changed his mind and broke off discussions.

For example, in 2007 RFC 3700 was an Internet Standard — STD 1 — and in May 2008 it was replaced with RFC 5000, so RFC 3700 changed to Historic status, and STD 1 is RFC 5000.

A sizeable budget deficit was a key concern, but recent initiatives by government have changed the situation allowing for the country to be admitted into the eurozone as of 1 January 2008.

For example, in 2007 RFC 3700 was an Internet Standard — STD 1 — and in May 2008 it was replaced with RFC 5000, so RFC 3700 changed to Historic, RFC 5000 became an Internet Standard, and STD 1 is RFC 5000.

In 2008, Hasbro changed the colors of the premium squares to orange for TW, red for DW, blue for DL, and green for TL.

However, on February 6, Parliament retroactively changed the Constitution, declaring that Faure would hold office for the rest of his father's term, with elections deferred until 2008.

In 2008, the NCAA changed the minimum number of points needed to win any of the first four sets from 30 to 25 for women's volleyball ( men's volleyball remained at 30.

Partridge said, in an interview on a Todd Rundgren fansite in February 2008, that Moulding had moved and changed his phone number, effectively ending all contact between the two.

In 1989, the resort added Disney-MGM Studios, a theme park inspired by show business, whose name was changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008.

In 2008, these regulations were changed in order to make it harder for racers to complete a race course.

The head of state is the President of the republic, who is elected to a 5-year term, renewable once ( changed by the 2008 Constitution to an infinite mandate ).

In 2008, Tesco changed supermarket checkout signs reading " Ten items or less " after complaints that it was bad grammar ; it switched to " Up to ten items " rather than " Ten items or fewer " at the suggestion of the Plain English Campaign.

On August 1, 2008, Saxony restructured its districts ( Landkreise ) and changed the name of its Regierungsbezirke to Direktionsbezirke.

It originally planned to adopt the euro on 1 January 2007 ; however, it did not formally apply when Slovenia did, and officially changed its target date to 1 January 2008, and later, to 1 January 2011.

In 2008, the elimination process was changed from killing the hedgehogs to trapping them and releasing on the mainland.

Due to major injuries at Red Hills and Rolex in 2008, the rules were changed drastically.

Ebert later added The Godfather Part II to his " Great Movies " list in October 2008 stating that his original review has often been cited as proof of his " worthlessness " but he still hasn't changed his mind and wouldn't change a word of his original review.

Joyce presented the Alternative Therapy radio show on Revolution 96. 2 FM until the station changed format in 2008, later reviving it on Manchester Radio Online and Tin Can Media.

WebCrawler also changed its image in early 2008, scrapping its classic spider mascot.

* Tampa Bay Rays enfranchised 1998 as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( team name changed in 2008 )

The company's name was changed back on 1 August 2008, and the names on the postal stamps were reversed in late 2008, soon after the Kuomintang ( KMT ) candidate Ma Ying-Jeou won back presidency and ended 8 years of the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) rule.