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 2009, she distributed a series of podcasts called At Home in the Cosmos with Annie Druyan in which she described the life of husband, Carl Sagan, her works, and their marriage.

In 2009 she presented the Leslie Oliver Oration at Queen's Hospital.

In April 2009 it was revealed that Eileen Grimshaw's father, Colin had slept with Eileen's old classmate, Paula Carp while she was still at school, and that Paula's daughter, Julie was in fact also Colin's daughter.

On Christmas Day 2009, Sally Webster told husband Kevin that she had breast cancer, just as he was about to leave her for lover Molly.

Kane is known for her portrayal of the evil headmistress Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical Wicked, whom she played in various productions from 2005 to 2009.

In November 2009, Hezbollah pressured a private English-language school to drop excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, a book of the writings from the diary kept by the Jewish child Anne Frank while she was in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, after Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel complained, asking how long Lebanon would " remain an open arena for the Zionist invasion of education "?

After Robinson's death, his widow founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation, of which she remains an officer as of 2009.

On February 2, 2009, she returned to the role of Alexx Woods for a guest appearance in the episode " Smoke Gets In Your CSI's ".

On December 5, 2009, she participated in the Teletón in Mexico, to help raise funds to treat cancer and children rehabilitation.

On 7 January 2009 CNN Travel broadcasted a segment called " MyCity_MyLife " featuring Nina Persson taking the camera to some of the sites in Malmö that she enjoys.

* The Boston Globe reported on October 5, 2009, that the newly announced Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was asked if she had expected to win the honor.

In March 2009 she praised President Barack Obama for reversing the ban on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

Following the August 2009 death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, she said she was " terribly saddened ...

* In F. Paul Wilson's 2009 Repairman Jack novel Ground Zero, the recurring character of The Lady is revealed to be a manifestation of the Noosphere whose function is that of a " beacon " which informs a higher intelligence (" the Ally ") that sentient life exists in the area where she appears.

Biden was elected Vice President of the United States in 2008 ; on 18 January 2009 Glenys Kinnock revealed on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that she and Neil Kinnock had received a personal invitation from Biden to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama and Biden on 20 January 2009 at the United States Capitol in Washington.

When she was made a life peer in 2009, they became one of the few couples to both hold titles in their own right.

In 2009, in her Meltdown concert in Festival Hall, she paid homage to the Iranians taking part in post-election protests by saying " Where is My Vote?

Also in 2009, she appeared in the film Broken Embraces as Lena.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on July 18, 2009, Paula's manager David Sonenberg told the newspaper that, " Very sadly, it does not appear that she ’ s going to be back on ‘ Idol ’.

On August 4, 2009, after numerous contract negotiations, Abdul confirmed that she would not be returning to Idol for its ninth season.

Sophia Gardens in Cardiff held the First Test in the 2009 Ashes series, the first time England had played a home Test in Wales.

In addition, Sirius has been played in a variety of TV shows and movies including the episode " Vanishing Act " of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and the 2009 film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Charles has played this role in all eight series, until 1999, and in the 2009 three-part special, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, for channel Dave.

Backyard croquet being played in rough grass with inexpensive equipment, United States, 2009

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.

The film stars Christina Milian ( who previously played cheerleaders in Love Don't Cost a Thing and Man of the House ) and Rachelle Brook Smith, and was released directly to DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009.

One of his ancestors is John Elwes, who is believed to be the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol ( 1843 ) ( Elwes played five roles in the 2009 film adaptation of the novel ).

He played Bobbly Wobbly in The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure ; filming was completed in late 2009 and is awaiting release.

In 2009, he played the role of Pierre Despereaux, an international art thief, in the fourth season premiere of Psych.

She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2009.

In the 2009 film Agora, Cyril is played by Sami Samir as an extremist that opposes Orestes's attempts to harmonize the different communities of Alexandria.

Among the more notable moments in the rivalry was the Giants ' defeat of Dallas in the 2007 playoffs en route to their victory in Super Bowl XLII and winning the first regular season game played at Cowboys Stadium in 2009.

On January 1, 2009, the Red Wings played the Chicago Blackhawks in the third NHL Winter Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field, beating them 6-4.

A month later, McLean wound up the 20th century by performing " American Pie " at the Lincoln Memorial Gala in Washington D. C. Brooks again played " American Pie " during We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.

As of 2009, the sport of floorball has been played in almost 80 countries.

Since 2009 the tournament resumed, the opening rule being played was changed and now is swap2.

The first game of inline sledge hockey was played at Bisley, England, on the 19th of December 2009 between the Hull Stingrays and the Grimsby Redwings.

In 2009, Voight played Jonas Hodges, the villain, in the seventh season of the hit Fox drama 24, a role that many argue is based on real life figures Alfried Krupp, Johann Rall and Erik Prince.

The band played the Download Festival in Donington Park ( June 12 – 14, 2009 ), playing on the second stage on Friday night.

The Meat Puppets have played several gigs in their hometown since 2009, such as the Marquee show in June 2011 with Dead Confederate.

They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009.

Brett Favre played for the Vikings in 2009 and 2010.

On August 18, 2009, after months of speculation and negotiations, twice-retired veteran quarterback Brett Favre, who until 2007 played 16 years for division arch rival Green Bay Packers, signed a two-year, $ 25 million deal with the Vikings, starting what many Vikings fans refer to as " The Brett Favre Era ".

On October 5, 2009, the Vikings hosted the Green Bay Packers as Favre played his former team for the first time.