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NINTENDO Wll FIT allowed mlll1ons of
users to do VIrtual yoga. strength tra1n1ng.
aerobics and balance games. U.S. TROOPS
rema1ned 1n Iraq after more than five years
at war 1n the M1ddle East. but combat
casualties were down s1gn1ficantly and only iiii•••- ~
four coalition countries' troops remained.
Fewer than 150.000 U.S .. U.K.. Australian

TWILIGHT. the first in
a series of romantic/
vampire fantasy novels.
exceeded expectations at
the box office. promptmg
immediate discuss1on of
additional adaptations.
WIND FARMS contmued to
spring up at a record pace
1n 2008 as Amencans
sought cost-effective
sources for zero-emiSSIOn
power. Texas. Iowa and
Californ1a led product1on.
GUITAR HERD AND
ROCK BAND cont1nued
the1r battle for VIrtual
mus1c1ans: w1th 4 mlll1on
un1ts sold (to Gu1tar
Hero's 23 million). Rock
Band mcluded drummers.

GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS were back in the news for the first t1me
since the terrorist attacks of 9/ II crippled the already-ailing airline industry. Beginning with a $30
million assist in the March acquisition of financial giant Bear Stearns by J P Morgan Chase. a senes
of federal aid bills aimed at preventing collapses of myriad finance and investment business
were signed into effect. In October. President George Bush signed a $700 billion financial bailout
package which would allow the government to start buying up troubled assets from financ1al
institutions caught in the home foreclosure epidem1c.

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL OMI EE
BARACK OBAMA RAISED S 150 MILUO I
SEPTEMBER. SETIING A RECORD FOR THE
MOST RAISED I 0 E MO ~H

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