| Election, economy highlight second half of 2008 (The Fremont Argus) - Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman cruises to victory, the A's reconsider their stadium plans, and BART appears headed to Warm Springs and Irvington. Meanwhile, a national crisis hits home as the financial meltdown takes a toll on Tri-City events and development.
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| One year's worth of bold predictions (Courier-Post) - The Eastern Conference was full of surprises in 2008.
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| Detroit Lions Team Report (USA Today) - When the Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli, the fans applauded the move. The Lions were the NFL's first 0-16 team. Firing the coach was a no-brainer.
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| BorgWarner rejects unsolicited tender offer (Crain's Detroit Business) - Auto supplier BorgWarner Inc. advised shareholders today to reject an unsolicited offer by Toronto-based TRC Captial Corp. to buy 2.5 million shares of the auto supplier at a discount.
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| Fans showing frustration over Wild's free fall (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Minnesota is only 3-9-1 in December and has slipped to the bottom of the Northwest Division. That, coupled with a lack of young talent, has angered fans.
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| A History Buff's Delight (New London Day) - Once again, sports triumphed as the great diversion in 2008. In other sections of the newspaper, the year-end list of top stories is largely depressing.
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| Gaza War: The Economic Fallout (BusinessWeek) -
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| Wrapping Up the Year (TradingMarkets.com via Yahoo! Finance) - As we come to the close of this very eventful year, Gary Kaltbaum recaps his best market calls of the year, as well as, weighs in on predictions for 2009. Also see some of the most infamous quotes from 2008 and years past.
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| Broncos might be looking at a defensive redo (Rocky Mountain News) - The Denver Broncos' year on defense was historically bad, even before San Diego scored the first four times it touched the ball to seize control of the AFC West.
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| Npower fined after reporters’ exposé (Times Online) - The energy giant Npower has been fined £1.8m after a Sunday Times investigation revealed that sales staff were routinely lying to customers in an effort to persuade them to sign up with the company.
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