What Happened in 2008
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UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2
UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held on April 19, 2008, at... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 5-3
Jonathan Papelbon thought the turning point was the bottom of the eighth, while "Sweet Caroline" was playing and news of the Bruins' win over... Read more
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Boston Celtics defeat Atlanta Hawks, 104-81
It wasn't as if Kevin Garnett hadn't played in a playoff game before. But after a four-year postseason hiatus, the first-year Celtic made a point... Read more
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Orish Grinstead Dies
Orish Grinstead (June 2, 1980 - April 20, 2008) was an American R&B singer and founding member of the R&B group, 702. She left the group early on... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 6-5
Depth is a beautiful thing in baseball. The Red Sox had Manny Ramírez get ejected in the second inning Sunday, and with Dustin Pedroia having... Read more
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Boston Marathon
2008 Top Women Finishers 1. Dire Tune ETH 2:25:25 2. Alevtina Biktimirova RUS 2:25:27 3. Rita Jeptoo KEN 2:26:34 4. Jelena... Read more
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Lupe Fiasco releases "Paris, Tokyo" single
"Paris, Tokyo" is a Grammy nominated second single from Lupe Fiasco's second studio album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. It was first presented at the... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 8-3
Perhaps even Clay Buchholz wondered, as he stood on the Fenway Park mound, at a time normally reserved for a ballplayer's breakfast, and prepared... Read more
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Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital Perform the First Operations Using Bionic Eyes
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a National Health Service eye hospital in central London. It is in the London Borough of Islington,... Read more
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FDA Approves UCB Inc's Cimzia
Cimzia is in a group of drugs called tumor necrosis factor blockers. Certolizumab reduces the effects of a substance in the body that can cause... Read more
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Dole Food Company, Inc. Announces Agreement to Offset Carbon Emissions in Costa Rica
Dole Food Company, Inc. announced today that its operating division in Costa Rica, Standard Fruit Company de Costa Rica S.A., will purchase carbon... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 7-6
It was Monday afternoon, about an hour before game time, and Dustin Pedroia entered the dugout. There sat a young kid, maybe 11 years old, a... Read more
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"Cloverfield" Rifftrax is Released
"What if a monster attacked a city?" This is the shockingly novel concept behind the viral marketing triumph of the year! Filled with "fresh"*... Read more
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Boston Celtics defeat Atlanta Hawks, 96-77
Yawn. Another night. An other double-digit win. We've seen it before. Many, many times. It started on Opening Night, when they effortlessly... Read more
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Los Angeles Angels defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-5
A start in the big leagues in April, less than two years after being drafted in the second round out of San Diego State, wasn't quite the plan... Read more
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Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It was only a week ago that Sean Casey's base-running skill was an object of mirth, Casey himself reduced to laughter when... Read more
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Madonna Releases Hard Candy
Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on April 25, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. It was her final... Read more
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Entertainment Tonight Reports That Miley Cyrus Posed Topless For Vanity Fair
On April 25, 2008, the televised entertainment program Entertainment Tonight reported that Cyrus had posed topless for a photoshoot with Vanity... Read more
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Def Leppard release Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge is the tenth studio album and 14th album overall from the English hard rock band Def Leppard. It was released on... Read more
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Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Akinori Iwamura homered in the eighth inning and Tampa Bay beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday night for the Rays' first... Read more
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The Taliban Attempts to Assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a Military Parade in Kabul
Hamid Karzai (Pashto: حامد کرزی - Ḥāmid Karzay; born 24 December 1957) is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on December... Read more
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Atlanta Hawks defeat Boston Celtics, 97-92
ATLANTA - NBA commissioner David Stern's itinerary called for him to make an appearance at an Atlanta Hawks playoff game last night. (We trust this... Read more
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Apple Releases iMac with Intel Penryn Processor
Apple has updated the iMac with Intel's more efficient Penryn processor, which has a larger level 2 cache and includes the SSE4 instruction set.... Read more
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FDA Approves Medtronic's OneTouch UltraLink Meter
Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the FDA has cleared the OneTouch® UltraLink™ Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by... Read more