2008
ID: 3150
Protect America Act of 2007 enabled PRISM operations
ID: 3150
2008
ID: 3151
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 provided legal framework
ID: 3151
2008
ID: 3152
TEMPORA tested - GCHQ's internet traffic interception program
ID: 3152
2008
ID: 3153
Yahoo! joins PRISM
ID: 3153
2008
ID: 3154
Eli Lilly & Company develops capacity to produce LSD in 'tonnage quantities'
ID: 3154
2008
ID: 3155
Large Hadron Collider first beam at CERN
ID: 3155
2008
ID: 3156
Lehman Brothers bankruptcy; AIG bailout ($182 billion total)
ID: 3156
2008
ID: 3157
Bruce Ivins died by suicide from acetaminophen overdose at age 62
ID: 3157
2008
ID: 3158
FBI and DOJ officials announced that Ivins was likely solely responsible for 2001 anthrax attacks
ID: 3158
2008
ID: 3160
Global Financial Crisis leads to intense scrutiny of accounting standards, particularly fair value accounting
ID: 3160
2008
ID: 3161
Global financial crisis analyzed using mathematical risk models - demonstrates dangers of mathematical complexity
ID: 3161
2008
ID: 3162
Lithium-ion batteries achieve widespread commercial adoption in consumer electronics
ID: 3162
2008
ID: 3163
Smart glass (electrochromic windows) becomes commercially available for buildings
ID: 3163
2008
ID: 3164
Australia pertussis epidemic: New genotype emerges under vaccine pressure
ID: 3164
2008
ID: 5661
Urban skunk populations in Toronto reach estimated 15,000, prompting new management policies
ID: 5661
2008
ID: 3159
October 30, 2008
Barack Obama in Columbia, Missouri: 'We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America'
ID: 3159