the most commonly used character encoding on the World Wide Web until December 2007, when it was surpassed by UTF-8.

On December 10, 2007, Vick received a 23-month prison sentence and was officially cut from the Atlanta roster.

Eric Wodening founded Englatheod in July 2007, while Sweartfenn Theod was founded, by Jeffrey Runokivi, in December 2007.

The most popular player in franchise history, " Gonzo " signed a one-year contract worth just under $ 7 million on December 7 to play for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2007 season.

On December 3, 2007 the Diamondbacks traded Carlos Quentin, who had failed to perform to expectation, to the Chicago White Sox for first base prospect Chris Carter.

AZ were undefeated in all 32 of their home matches in European competitions, a sequence which ran from 1977 until 20 December 2007, when they finally lost to Everton of England by a score of 3 – 2.

In December, 2007, St. George Absinthe Verte, produced by St. George Spirits became the first brand of American-made absinthe to be legally produced in the United States since a ban was enacted in 1912.

The NASA Constellation Program announced Altair as the name of the Lunar Surface Access Module ( LSAM ) on December 13, 2007.

Mainly due to reunification-related expenditures, Berlin as a German state has accumulated more debt than any other city in Germany, with the most current estimate being € 60 ($ 84 ) bn in December 2007.

Digicel was finally granted a licence on 17 December 2007 and plans to start operations in the BVI sometime in 2008.

The project concluded on December 31, 2007, when the partnership between the program manager and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ended.

The project was not completed, however, until December 2007, at a cost of over $ 14. 6 billion ($ 8. 08 billion in 1982 dollars ).

On December 24, 2007, the Del Valle family announced they had reached a settlement with Power Fasteners that would pay the family $ 6 million.

On December 13, 2007, former U. S. Senator George J. Mitchell released his report on the use of performance-enhancing substances by MLB players.

Congressman Cliff Stearns said in December 2007 that Selig should resign because of use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball during his tenure.

Since December 2007, the main regular presenters on the channel have been Simon McCoy, Carrie Gracie, Matthew Amroliwala, Jane Hill, Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis, Louise Minchin, Huw Edwards, Ben Brown, Joanna Gosling and Chris Eakin.

* 2007 John Duncan Edwards ( Final president of Gate as an all-male house, evicted on December 18 by the Dean of Students )

On December 31, 2007, the NES version of Bubble Bobble was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii.

* E & E. tv: Skeptical enviro Bjorn Lomborg discusses post-Kyoto roadmap, calls Kyoto " feel good strategy " ( OnPoint, 12 December 2007 )

They were also criticised for shutting down all servers except the Japanese servers for the games Resident Evil: Outbreak and its sequel Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, which the servers for Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 in Japan finally closed on June 30, 2011, over three and a half years after shutting down the North American and European servers on December 31, 2007.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

$ 13. 67 billion ( 31 December 2007 est.

The Tribune company, in financial distress, was acquired by real-estate mogul Sam Zell in December 2007.

* December 4 – Jay-Z, American rapper

* December 22 – Edo Maajka, Bosnian rapper

Shawn Corey Carter ( born December 4, 1969 ), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and occasional actor.

On December 11, 2009, Jay-Z was ranked as the 10th most successful artist of 2000s by Billboard and ranking as the 5th top solo male artist and as the 4th top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent.

Germaine Williams ( born December 9, 1974 ) better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-American rapper, actor and member of The HRSMN, Sharpshooterz, Cloak N Dagga, The Undergods, and one-half of T. H. E. M.

Earl Simmons ( born December 18, 1970 ) better known by his stage name DMX ( also known as Dog Man X and Dark Man X ) is a multi-Platinum American rapper and actor.

DJ Hollywood ( born December 10, 1954 ) is an American old school hip hop DJ and rapper.

Eric Marlon Bishop ( born December 13, 1967 ), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, rapper, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host.

In December 2001, he appeared in The Source magazine in an ad for the rapper Canibus, in which Anders doubles as Eminem.

* American rapper / hip-hop artist Eminem performed at the venue on 2 and 4 December 2011 as part of his brief Recovery Tour.

In December 2005, Page filed a lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z, who, he claimed, had " illegally adopted his trademark hand gesture ".

Tommy Flaaten ( born December 18, 1971 ), best known by his stage name Tommy Tee, is a Norwegian record producer, rapper, broadcaster, record executive, concert promoter and magazine publisher.

Anthony Criss ( born December 2, 1970 ), better known by his stage name Treach, is an American rapper and actor.

On December 4, 2008, affiliated rapper Party Arty ( aka P-80 ) died.

Denaun Porter ( born December 7, 1978 ), also known as Denaun, Mr. Porter, and Kon Artis is an American rapper and record producer.

Felix Delgado ( born December 18, 1974 ), better known by his stage name Cuban Link, is a Cuban rapper.

Christopher Roney ( born December 15, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ), known by the stage name Cool C, is an American rapper whose musical career peaked in the late 1980s.

Tonedeff ( born Anthony Rojas on December 14, 1978 ) is an American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter from Queens, New York City.