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The Princeton Review, the test-preparatory firm, accidentally published the personal data and standardized test scores of tens of thousands of Florida students on its Web site, where they were available for seven weeks.
Lehman Brothers is considering the sale of all or part of its prized money management division to private equity firms to raise billions of dollars of capital and ease the pressure caused by real-estate related losses.
At the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, there were renewed calls for strong advocacy and financing to sustain gains already made.
Tom Golisano, the Rochester billionaire and registered Republican, donated $1 million to the host committee of the Democratic Party’s convention in Denver.
One chameleon species has a life span of about a year, and a life history more like that of a flowering plant than a lizard.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 13, 2008, covering August 19, 2008.
Sugarland
Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack
Kid Rock
Lil Wayne
2008Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (born 1948)[†]
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a campaign to rid the corruption situation in Zambia during his term. Prior to Mwanawasa's election, he served as the fourth vice-president of Zambia from November 1991 to July 1994, whilst an elected Member of Parliament of Chifubu Constituency.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]